#59B8DD#59B8DD

#59B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8DD
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -17.32, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 32.08, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0718 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.104 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3064, 41.6219, 74.6185)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8DD #DD7E59

analogous

#59DDC0 #59B8DD #5976DD

triadic

#59B8DD #DD59B8 #B8DD59

tetradic

#59B8DD #C059DD #DD7E59 #76DD59

square

#59B8DD #C059DD #DD7E59 #76DD59

split-complementary

#59B8DD #DD5976 #DDC059

monochromatic

#20799C #2AA0CF #59B8DD #8CCEE7 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#59B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8DD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8DD	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde7',
    500: '#59b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8dd;
$custom-light: #93cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8DD

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4B18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8DD

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

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