#59B9D8#59B9D8

#59B9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B9D8
RGBrgb(89, 185, 216)
HSLhsl(195, 62%, 60%)
HSVhsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(58.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.72, -19.33, -24.11)
CIE-LCHlch(70.72, 30.90, 231.27°)
OKLaboklab(73.98% -0.0747 -0.067)
OKLCHoklch(73.98% 0.1 221.9)
XYZxyz(33.8586, 41.7763, 71.2317)
Luminance0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B9D8 #D87859
analogous
#59D8B8 #59B9D8 #5979D8
triadic
#59B9D8 #D859B9 #B9D859
tetradic
#59B9D8 #B859D8 #D87859 #79D859
square
#59B9D8 #B859D8 #D87859 #79D859
split-complementary
#59B9D8 #D85979 #D8B859
monochromatic
#237894 #2EA1C5 #59B9D8 #8BCEE4 #BCE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#59B9D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36
#59B9D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9D8
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B9D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B9D81.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B5DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A7D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 221.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cee4',
    500: '#59b9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b9d8;
$custom-light: #93cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B9D8
secondary
#DFBAAE
accent
#6A43E5
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0E1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9D8

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#59B9D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva