#59B7DD#59B7DD

#59B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B7DD
RGB	rgb(89, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -16.79, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 32.18, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0707 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.104 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0994, 41.2079, 74.5495)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B7DD #DD7F59

analogous

#59DDC1 #59B7DD #5975DD

triadic

#59B7DD #DD59B7 #B7DD59

tetradic

#59B7DD #C159DD #DD7F59 #75DD59

square

#59B7DD #C159DD #DD7F59 #75DD59

split-complementary

#59B7DD #DD5975 #DDC159

monochromatic

#20789C #2A9FCF #59B7DD #8CCDE7 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#59B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B7DD

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B7DD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cce7',
    500: '#59b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b7dd;
$custom-light: #93cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73722,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B7DD

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4C18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B7DD

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

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