#59B5EE#59B5EE

#59B5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5EE
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -10.48, -36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 38.03, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0628 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.12 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0704, 41.3410, 86.9510)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5EE #EE9259

analogous

#59EEDD #59B5EE #596BEE

triadic

#59B5EE #EE59B5 #B5EE59

tetradic

#59B5EE #DD59EE #EE9259 #6BEE59

square

#59B5EE #DD59EE #EE9259 #6BEE59

split-complementary

#59B5EE #EE596B #EEDD59

monochromatic

#137ABA #219CE8 #59B5EE #91CEF4 #C8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59B5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#59B5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5EE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5EE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbf3',
    500: '#59b5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5ee;
$custom-light: #95cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.953,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5EE

secondary

#EBCBB7

accent

#5A08DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5EE

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

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