#59B8DB#59B8DB

#59B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8DB
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -17.92, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 31.60, 235.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0725 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.103 225)
XYZ	xyz(34.0415, 41.5160, 73.2235)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8DB #DB7C59

analogous

#59DBBD #59B8DB #5977DB

triadic

#59B8DB #DB59B8 #B8DB59

tetradic

#59B8DB #BD59DB #DB7C59 #77DB59

square

#59B8DB #BD59DB #DB7C59 #77DB59

split-complementary

#59B8DB #DB5977 #DBBD59

monochromatic

#217899 #2CA0CB #59B8DB #8BCEE6 #BEE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#59B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#59B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8DB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8DB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde6',
    500: '#59b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8db;
$custom-light: #93cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73869,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.41519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8DB

secondary

#E1BCAF

accent

#4919CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8DB

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

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