#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
RGB	rgb(89, 182, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -13.20, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 35.31, 248.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0661 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.113 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2660, 41.3458, 81.7078)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##59B6E7	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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