#59B9EC#59B9EC

#59B9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9EC
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -13.25, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 36.34, 248.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0675 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.116 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6033, 42.8742, 85.6872)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9EC #EC8C59

analogous

#59ECD5 #59B9EC #596FEC

triadic

#59B9EC #EC59B9 #B9EC59

tetradic

#59B9EC #D559EC #EC8C59 #6FEC59

square

#59B9EC #D559EC #EC8C59 #6FEC59

split-complementary

#59B9EC #EC596F #ECD559

monochromatic

#157EB6 #22A2E6 #59B9EC #90D0F2 #C7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59B9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#59B9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9EC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9EC	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef2',
    500: '#59b9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9ec;
$custom-light: #95cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9EC

secondary

#EAC8B6

accent

#530ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9EC

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

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