#59B6E5#59B6E5

#59B6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B6E5
RGBrgb(89, 182, 229)
HSLhsl(200, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(200, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.34, -13.82, -31.78)
CIE-LCHlch(70.34, 34.66, 246.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.84% -0.0668 -0.0889)
OKLCHoklch(73.84% 0.111 233.1)
XYZxyz(34.9852, 41.2334, 80.2287)
Luminance0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B6E5 #E58859
analogous
#59E5CE #59B6E5 #5970E5
triadic
#59B6E5 #E559B6 #B6E559
tetradic
#59B6E5 #CE59E5 #E58859 #70E559
square
#59B6E5 #CE59E5 #E58859 #70E559
split-complementary
#59B6E5 #E55970 #E5CE59
monochromatic
#1A79A9 #249FDD #59B6E5 #8ECDED #C3E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#59B6E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#59B6E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B6E5
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B6E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B6E51.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FB4E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA6E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 233.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbed',
    500: '#59b6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b6e5;
$custom-light: #94cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B6E5
secondary
#E6C4B3
accent
#5210D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#59B6E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva