#59B4E2#59B4E2

#59B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4E2
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -13.68, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 34.08, 246.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0658 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.109 233)
XYZ	xyz(34.1633, 40.2540, 77.9062)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4E2 #E28759

analogous

#59E2CC #59B4E2 #5970E2

triadic

#59B4E2 #E259B4 #B4E259

tetradic

#59B4E2 #CC59E2 #E28759 #70E259

square

#59B4E2 #CC59E2 #E28759 #70E259

split-complementary

#59B4E2 #E25970 #E2CC59

monochromatic

#1D77A4 #269CD8 #59B4E2 #8DCCEB #C1E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#59B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#59B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4E2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4E2	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caeb',
    500: '#59b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4e2;
$custom-light: #94caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7325,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.40257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4E2

secondary

#E5C3B2

accent

#5313D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4E2

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

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