#59B2E1#59B2E1

#59B2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2E1
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -12.92, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 34.15, 247.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.064 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.109 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6256, 39.3976, 77.0520)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2E1 #E18859

analogous

#59E1CC #59B2E1 #596EE1

triadic

#59B2E1 #E159B2 #B2E159

tetradic

#59B2E1 #CC59E1 #E18859 #6EE159

square

#59B2E1 #CC59E1 #E18859 #6EE159

split-complementary

#59B2E1 #E1596E #E1CC59

monochromatic

#1D74A2 #2799D6 #59B2E1 #8DCAEA #C1E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#59B2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#59B2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2E1

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2E1	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9ea',
    500: '#59b2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2e1;
$custom-light: #93c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72751,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2E1

secondary

#E4C3B2

accent

#5614D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2E1

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

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