#59B6DA#59B6DA

#59B6DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B6DA
RGB	rgb(89, 182, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -17.17, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 31.51, 236.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0708 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.102 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4977, 40.6384, 72.3948)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B6DA #DA7D59

analogous

#59DABD #59B6DA #5976DA

triadic

#59B6DA #DA59B6 #B6DA59

tetradic

#59B6DA #BD59DA #DA7D59 #76DA59

square

#59B6DA #BD59DA #DA7D59 #76DA59

split-complementary

#59B6DA #DA5976 #DABD59

monochromatic

#227697 #2D9DC9 #59B6DA #8BCCE5 #BDE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59B6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#59B6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B6DA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B6DA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 182, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cce5',
    500: '#59b6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b6da;
$custom-light: #93cce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B6DA

secondary

#E0BCAF

accent

#4C1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B6DA

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

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