#59B4ED#59B4ED

#59B4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4ED
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -10.25, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 37.93, 254.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0621 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.12 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7213, 40.8772, 86.1119)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4ED #ED9259

analogous

#59EDDC #59B4ED #596AED

triadic

#59B4ED #ED59B4 #B4ED59

tetradic

#59B4ED #DC59ED #ED9259 #6AED59

square

#59B4ED #DC59ED #ED9259 #6AED59

split-complementary

#59B4ED #ED596A #EDDC59

monochromatic

#1479B8 #229BE7 #59B4ED #90CDF3 #C7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#59B4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4ED

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4ED	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caf3',
    500: '#59b4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4ed;
$custom-light: #95caf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.108,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73745,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4ED

secondary

#EBCBB7

accent

#5A09DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4ED

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

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