#59B5EC#59B5EC

#59B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5EC
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -11.10, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 37.29, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0634 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.118 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7782, 41.2241, 85.4121)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5EC #EC9059

analogous

#59ECD9 #59B5EC #596BEC

triadic

#59B5EC #EC59B5 #B5EC59

tetradic

#59B5EC #D959EC #EC9059 #6BEC59

square

#59B5EC #D959EC #EC9059 #6BEC59

split-complementary

#59B5EC #EC596B #ECD959

monochromatic

#157AB6 #229DE6 #59B5EC #90CDF2 #C7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59B5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#59B5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5EC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5EC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbf2',
    500: '#59b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5ec;
$custom-light: #95cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.449,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5EC

secondary

#EACAB6

accent

#580ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5EC

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

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