#59B4E4#59B4E4

#59B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4E4
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -13.06, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.73, 247.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0651 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.111 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4393, 40.3644, 79.3599)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4E4 #E48959

analogous

#59E4CE #59B4E4 #596FE4

triadic

#59B4E4 #E459B4 #B4E459

tetradic

#59B4E4 #CE59E4 #E48959 #6FE459

square

#59B4E4 #CE59E4 #E48959 #6FE459

split-complementary

#59B4E4 #E4596F #E4CE59

monochromatic

#1B77A7 #249CDB #59B4E4 #8ECCED #C2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#59B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#59B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4E4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4E4	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caec',
    500: '#59b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4e4;
$custom-light: #94caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4E4

secondary

#E6C5B3

accent

#5511D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4E4

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

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