#59B8D8#59B8D8

#59B8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.100 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8D8
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -18.82, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 30.93, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0736 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.1 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6501, 41.3594, 71.1622)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8D8 #D87959

analogous

#59D8B8 #59B8D8 #5979D8

triadic

#59B8D8 #D859B8 #B8D859

tetradic

#59B8D8 #B859D8 #D87959 #79D859

square

#59B8D8 #B859D8 #D87959 #79D859

split-complementary

#59B8D8 #D85979 #D8B859

monochromatic

#237794 #2E9FC5 #59B8D8 #8BCDE4 #BCE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#59B8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#59B8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8D8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8D8	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.100 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde4',
    500: '#59b8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8d8;
$custom-light: #93cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.118,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8D8

secondary

#DFBAAE

accent

#6C43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8D8

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

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