#59B9E6#59B9E6

#59B9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9E6
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -15.10, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 34.43, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0696 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.111 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7462, 42.5314, 81.1731)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9E6 #E68659

analogous

#59E6CD #59B9E6 #5972E6

triadic

#59B9E6 #E659B9 #B9E659

tetradic

#59B9E6 #CD59E6 #E68659 #72E659

square

#59B9E6 #CD59E6 #E68659 #72E659

split-complementary

#59B9E6 #E65972 #E6CD59

monochromatic

#1A7DAB #24A3DE #59B9E6 #8ECFEE #C3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59B9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#59B9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9E6

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9E6	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ceee',
    500: '#59b9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9e6;
$custom-light: #94ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9E6

secondary

#E7C4B4

accent

#4F10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9E6

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

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