#59B6E7#59B6E7

#59B6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B6E7
RGBrgb(89, 182, 231)
HSLhsl(201, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(201, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.42, -13.20, -32.75)
CIE-LCHlch(70.42, 35.31, 248.05°)
OKLaboklab(73.93% -0.0661 -0.0917)
OKLCHoklch(73.93% 0.113 234.2)
XYZxyz(35.2660, 41.3458, 81.7078)
Luminance0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B6E7 #E78A59
analogous
#59E7D1 #59B6E7 #596FE7
triadic
#59B6E7 #E759B6 #B6E759
tetradic
#59B6E7 #D159E7 #E78A59 #6FE759
square
#59B6E7 #D159E7 #E78A59 #6FE759
split-complementary
#59B6E7 #E7596F #E7D159
monochromatic
#197AAD #249EDF #59B6E7 #8ECEEF #C4E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#59B6E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#59B6E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B6E7
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B6E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B6E71.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EB4E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA6E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 182, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 234.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbee',
    500: '#59b6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b6e7;
$custom-light: #94cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.704,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73925,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B6E7
secondary
#E8C6B4
accent
#540FD7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B6E7

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#59B6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva