#59B2DF#59B2DF

#59B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2DF
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -13.53, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 33.49, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0647 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.107 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3544, 39.2891, 75.6235)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2DF #DF8659

analogous

#59DFC9 #59B2DF #596FDF

triadic

#59B2DF #DF59B2 #B2DF59

tetradic

#59B2DF #C959DF #DF8659 #6FDF59

square

#59B2DF #C959DF #DF8659 #6FDF59

split-complementary

#59B2DF #DF596F #DFC959

monochromatic

#1F749F #2999D2 #59B2DF #8CCAE9 #C0E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#59B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#59B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2DF

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2DF	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e9',
    500: '#59b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2df;
$custom-light: #93c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72663,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2DF

secondary

#E3C2B1

accent

#5416D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2DF

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

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