#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
RGB	rgb(89, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -13.82, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.66, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0668 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.111 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9852, 41.2334, 80.2287)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##59B6E5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #59B6E5

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

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