#59B3DF#59B3DF

#59B3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3DF
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -14.07, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 33.31, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0658 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.107 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5541, 39.6885, 75.6901)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3DF #DF8559

analogous

#59DFC8 #59B3DF #5970DF

triadic

#59B3DF #DF59B3 #B3DF59

tetradic

#59B3DF #C859DF #DF8559 #70DF59

square

#59B3DF #C859DF #DF8559 #70DF59

split-complementary

#59B3DF #DF5970 #DFC859

monochromatic

#1F759F #299BD2 #59B3DF #8CCAE9 #C0E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#59B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#59B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3DF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3DF	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e9',
    500: '#59b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3df;
$custom-light: #93c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3DF

secondary

#E3C1B1

accent

#5316D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3DF

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

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