#59B2EE#59B2EE

#59B2EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.122 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2EE
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -8.85, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 38.90, 256.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0597 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.122 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4670, 40.1341, 86.7499)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2EE #EE9559

analogous

#59EEE0 #59B2EE #5968EE

triadic

#59B2EE #EE59B2 #B2EE59

tetradic

#59B2EE #E059EE #EE9559 #68EE59

square

#59B2EE #E059EE #EE9559 #68EE59

split-complementary

#59B2EE #EE5968 #EEE059

monochromatic

#1377BA #2198E8 #59B2EE #91CCF4 #C8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#59B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2EE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2EE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.122 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c8f3',
    500: '#59b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2ee;
$custom-light: #95c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.161,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2EE

secondary

#EBCCB7

accent

#5E08DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2EE

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

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