#59B8DC#59B8DC

#59B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8DC
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -17.62, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.83, 236.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0722 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.103 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1735, 41.5688, 73.9189)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8DC #DC7D59

analogous

#59DCBF #59B8DC #5976DC

triadic

#59B8DC #DC59B8 #B8DC59

tetradic

#59B8DC #BF59DC #DC7D59 #76DC59

square

#59B8DC #BF59DC #DC7D59 #76DC59

split-complementary

#59B8DC #DC5976 #DCBF59

monochromatic

#20799A #2BA0CD #59B8DC #8CCEE7 #BEE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#59B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8DC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8DC	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde7',
    500: '#59b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8dc;
$custom-light: #93cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8DC

secondary

#E1BDAF

accent

#4A18CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8DC

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

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