#59B7DE#59B7DE

#59B7DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B7DE
RGB	rgb(89, 183, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -16.49, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 32.44, 239.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0704 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.105 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2330, 41.2614, 75.2532)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B7DE #DE8059

analogous

#59DEC2 #59B7DE #5974DE

triadic

#59B7DE #DE59B7 #B7DE59

tetradic

#59B7DE #C259DE #DE8059 #74DE59

square

#59B7DE #C259DE #DE8059 #74DE59

split-complementary

#59B7DE #DE5974 #DEC259

monochromatic

#1F789D #299FD0 #59B7DE #8CCDE8 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59B7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#59B7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B7DE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B7DE	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)

#A3B4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 183, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cce8',
    500: '#59b7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b7de;
$custom-light: #93cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B7DE

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#4D17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B7DE

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

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