#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
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -19.33, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.90, 231.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0747 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.1 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8586, 41.7763, 71.2317)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##59B9D8	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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