#59B2DE#59B2DE

#59B2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2DE
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -13.84, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 33.17, 245.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0651 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.106 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2200, 39.2353, 74.9156)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2DE #DE8559

analogous

#59DEC8 #59B2DE #596FDE

triadic

#59B2DE #DE59B2 #B2DE59

tetradic

#59B2DE #C859DE #DE8559 #6FDE59

square

#59B2DE #C859DE #DE8559 #6FDE59

split-complementary

#59B2DE #DE596F #DEC859

monochromatic

#1F749D #2999D0 #59B2DE #8CCAE8 #BFE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#59B2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#59B2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2DE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2DE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e8',
    500: '#59b2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2de;
$custom-light: #93c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2DE

secondary

#E2C1B0

accent

#5417CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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