#59B8EC#59B8EC

#59B8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8EC
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -12.72, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 36.56, 249.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0665 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.117 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3948, 42.4573, 85.6177)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8EC #EC8D59

analogous

#59ECD6 #59B8EC #596EEC

triadic

#59B8EC #EC59B8 #B8EC59

tetradic

#59B8EC #D659EC #EC8D59 #6EEC59

square

#59B8EC #D659EC #EC8D59 #6EEC59

split-complementary

#59B8EC #EC596E #ECD659

monochromatic

#157DB6 #22A1E6 #59B8EC #90CFF2 #C7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59B8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#59B8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8EC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8EC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdf2',
    500: '#59b8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8ec;
$custom-light: #95cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.224,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8EC

secondary

#EAC9B6

accent

#540ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8EC

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

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