#59B9EE#59B9EE

#59B9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9EE
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -12.63, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 37.02, 250.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0669 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.118 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8955, 42.9911, 87.2260)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9EE #EE8E59

analogous

#59EED8 #59B9EE #596FEE

triadic

#59B9EE #EE59B9 #B9EE59

tetradic

#59B9EE #D859EE #EE8E59 #6FEE59

square

#59B9EE #D859EE #EE8E59 #6FEE59

split-complementary

#59B9EE #EE596F #EED859

monochromatic

#137EBA #21A2E8 #59B9EE #91D0F4 #C8E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59B9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#59B9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9EE

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9EE	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef3',
    500: '#59b9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9ee;
$custom-light: #95cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9EE

secondary

#EBCAB7

accent

#5408DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9EE

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

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