#59B4E3#59B4E3

#59B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4E3
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -13.37, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 34.40, 247.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0654 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.11 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3009, 40.3090, 78.6309)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4E3 #E38859

analogous

#59E3CD #59B4E3 #596FE3

triadic

#59B4E3 #E359B4 #B4E359

tetradic

#59B4E3 #CD59E3 #E38859 #6FE359

square

#59B4E3 #CD59E3 #E38859 #6FE359

split-complementary

#59B4E3 #E3596F #E3CD59

monochromatic

#1C77A6 #259CDA #59B4E3 #8DCCEC #C2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#59B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#59B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4E3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4E3	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caec',
    500: '#59b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4e3;
$custom-light: #94caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4E3

secondary

#E5C4B2

accent

#5412D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4E3

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

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