#59B9DC#59B9DC

#59B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9DC
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -18.14, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 31.76, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0732 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.103 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3820, 41.9857, 73.9884)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9DC #DC7C59

analogous

#59DCBE #59B9DC #5977DC

triadic

#59B9DC #DC59B9 #B9DC59

tetradic

#59B9DC #BE59DC #DC7C59 #77DC59

square

#59B9DC #BE59DC #DC7C59 #77DC59

split-complementary

#59B9DC #DC5977 #DCBE59

monochromatic

#207A9A #2BA1CD #59B9DC #8CCEE7 #BEE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#59B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#59B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9DC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9DC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cee7',
    500: '#59b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9dc;
$custom-light: #93cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9DC

secondary

#E1BDAF

accent

#4918CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9DC

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

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