#59B4DD#59B4DD

#59B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4DD
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -15.21, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 32.55, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0675 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.105 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4872, 39.9836, 74.3454)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4DD #DD8259

analogous

#59DDC4 #59B4DD #5972DD

triadic

#59B4DD #DD59B4 #B4DD59

tetradic

#59B4DD #C459DD #DD8259 #72DD59

square

#59B4DD #C459DD #DD8259 #72DD59

split-complementary

#59B4DD #DD5972 #DDC459

monochromatic

#20759C #2A9BCF #59B4DD #8CCBE7 #BFE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#59B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4DD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4DD	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)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae7',
    500: '#59b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4dd;
$custom-light: #93cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4DD

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#5018CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4DD

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

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