#59B4D5#59B4D5

#59B4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4D5
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -17.62, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 30.46, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0705 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.099 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4466, 39.5673, 68.8652)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4D5 #D57A59

analogous

#59D5B8 #59B4D5 #5976D5

triadic

#59B4D5 #D559B4 #B4D559

tetradic

#59B4D5 #B859D5 #D57A59 #76D559

square

#59B4D5 #B859D5 #D57A59 #76D559

split-complementary

#59B4D5 #D55976 #D5B859

monochromatic

#24738F #319AC0 #59B4D5 #8ACAE1 #BBE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#59B4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#59B4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4D5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4D5	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae2',
    500: '#59b4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4d5;
$custom-light: #92cae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.968,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72698,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4D5

secondary

#DDBAAD

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4D5

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

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