#59BAD6#59BAD6

#59BAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAD6
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -20.44, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 30.54, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0765 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.099 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8115, 42.0934, 69.9483)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAD6 #D67559

analogous

#59D6B4 #59BAD6 #597CD6

triadic

#59BAD6 #D659BA #BAD659

tetradic

#59BAD6 #B459D6 #D67559 #7CD659

square

#59BAD6 #B459D6 #D67559 #7CD659

split-complementary

#59BAD6 #D6597C #D6B459

monochromatic

#247891 #30A1C2 #59BAD6 #8ACEE2 #BBE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#59BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#59BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAD6

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAD6	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe2',
    500: '#59bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bad6;
$custom-light: #93cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.44,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAD6

secondary

#DEB8AD

accent

#6844E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAD6

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

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