#59B6DE#59B6DE

#59B6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B6DE
RGB	rgb(89, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -15.96, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.56, 240.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0693 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.105 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0275, 40.8503, 75.1847)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B6DE #DE8159

analogous

#59DEC3 #59B6DE #5973DE

triadic

#59B6DE #DE59B6 #B6DE59

tetradic

#59B6DE #C359DE #DE8159 #73DE59

square

#59B6DE #C359DE #DE8159 #73DE59

split-complementary

#59B6DE #DE5973 #DEC359

monochromatic

#1F779D #299ED0 #59B6DE #8CCCE8 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#59B6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B6DE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B6DE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cce8',
    500: '#59b6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b6de;
$custom-light: #93cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B6DE

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#4E17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B6DE

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

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