#59B9DA#59B9DA

#59B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9DA
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -18.74, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 31.32, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.074 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.102 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1187, 41.8804, 72.6017)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9DA #DA7A59

analogous

#59DABB #59B9DA #5978DA

triadic

#59B9DA #DA59B9 #B9DA59

tetradic

#59B9DA #BB59DA #DA7A59 #78DA59

square

#59B9DA #BB59DA #DA7A59 #78DA59

split-complementary

#59B9DA #DA5978 #DABB59

monochromatic

#227997 #2DA1C9 #59B9DA #8BCEE5 #BDE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#59B9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#59B9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9DA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9DA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cee5',
    500: '#59b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9da;
$custom-light: #93cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74059,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9DA

secondary

#E0BBAF

accent

#471ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9DA

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

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