#59B2EC#59B2EC

#59B2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2EC
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -9.48, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 38.12, 255.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0603 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.12 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1748, 40.0173, 85.2110)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2EC #EC9359

analogous

#59ECDC #59B2EC #5968EC

triadic

#59B2EC #EC59B2 #B2EC59

tetradic

#59B2EC #DC59EC #EC9359 #68EC59

square

#59B2EC #DC59EC #EC9359 #68EC59

split-complementary

#59B2EC #EC5968 #ECDC59

monochromatic

#1576B6 #2299E6 #59B2EC #90CBF2 #C7E5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59B2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#59B2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2EC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2EC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c8f2',
    500: '#59b2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2ec;
$custom-light: #95c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.673,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2EC

secondary

#EACBB6

accent

#5D0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2EC

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

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