#59B4E0#59B4E0

#59B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4E0
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -14.29, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 33.44, 244.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0665 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.108 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8904, 40.1449, 76.4693)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4E0 #E08559

analogous

#59E0C9 #59B4E0 #5971E0

triadic

#59B4E0 #E059B4 #B4E059

tetradic

#59B4E0 #C959E0 #E08559 #71E059

square

#59B4E0 #C959E0 #E08559 #71E059

split-complementary

#59B4E0 #E05971 #E0C959

monochromatic

#1E76A1 #289CD4 #59B4E0 #8DCBEA #C0E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#59B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4E0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4E0	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)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae9',
    500: '#59b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4e0;
$custom-light: #93cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73163,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4E0

secondary

#E4C2B1

accent

#5215D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4E0

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

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