#59B5DA#59B5DA

#59B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5DA
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -16.65, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 31.60, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0697 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.102 227)
XYZ	xyz(33.2937, 40.2303, 72.3267)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5DA #DA7E59

analogous

#59DABE #59B5DA #5975DA

triadic

#59B5DA #DA59B5 #B5DA59

tetradic

#59B5DA #BE59DA #DA7E59 #75DA59

square

#59B5DA #BE59DA #DA7E59 #75DA59

split-complementary

#59B5DA #DA5975 #DABE59

monochromatic

#227597 #2D9CC9 #59B5DA #8BCBE5 #BDE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#59B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#59B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5DA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5DA	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)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbe5',
    500: '#59b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5da;
$custom-light: #93cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73136,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.40234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5DA

secondary

#E0BDAF

accent

#4D1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5DA

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

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