#59B5CE#59B5CE

#59B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.094 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5CE
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -20.21, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 29.11, 226.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0742 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.094 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7799, 39.6248, 64.3541)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5CE #CE7259

analogous

#59CEAD #59B5CE #597ACE

triadic

#59B5CE #CE59B5 #B5CE59

tetradic

#59B5CE #AD59CE #CE7259 #7ACE59

square

#59B5CE #AD59CE #CE7259 #7ACE59

split-complementary

#59B5CE #CE597A #CEAD59

monochromatic

#277185 #3599B5 #59B5CE #88CADC #B8DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#59B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#59B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5CE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5CE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.094 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbdd',
    500: '#59b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5ce;
$custom-light: #92cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72648,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5CE

secondary

#D9B4AA

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5CE

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

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