#59B6DF#59B6DF

#59B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B6DF
RGB	rgb(89, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -15.66, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 32.84, 241.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0689 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.106 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1619, 40.9041, 75.8927)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B6DF #DF8259

analogous

#59DFC5 #59B6DF #5973DF

triadic

#59B6DF #DF59B6 #B6DF59

tetradic

#59B6DF #C559DF #DF8259 #73DF59

square

#59B6DF #C559DF #DF8259 #73DF59

split-complementary

#59B6DF #DF5973 #DFC559

monochromatic

#1F789F #299ED2 #59B6DF #8CCDE9 #C0E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#59B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B6DF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B6DF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cce9',
    500: '#59b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b6df;
$custom-light: #93cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B6DF

secondary

#E3C0B1

accent

#4F16D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B6DF

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

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