#59BAD8#59BAD8

#59BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAD8
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -19.85, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 30.89, 230.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0758 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.1 221)
XYZ	xyz(34.0685, 42.1962, 71.3017)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAD8 #D87759

analogous

#59D8B6 #59BAD8 #597BD8

triadic

#59BAD8 #D859BA #BAD859

tetradic

#59BAD8 #B659D8 #D87759 #7BD859

square

#59BAD8 #B659D8 #D87759 #7BD859

split-complementary

#59BAD8 #D8597B #D8B659

monochromatic

#237994 #2EA2C5 #59BAD8 #8BCFE4 #BCE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#59BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAD8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAD8	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe4',
    500: '#59bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bad8;
$custom-light: #93cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAD8

secondary

#DFB9AE

accent

#6943E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAD8

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

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