#59BAD9#59BAD9

#59BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAD9
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -19.55, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 31.08, 231.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0754 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.101 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1982, 42.2481, 71.9846)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAD9 #D97859

analogous

#59D9B8 #59BAD9 #597AD9

triadic

#59BAD9 #D959BA #BAD959

tetradic

#59BAD9 #B859D9 #D97859 #7AD959

square

#59BAD9 #B859D9 #D97859 #7AD959

split-complementary

#59BAD9 #D9597A #D9B859

monochromatic

#227A95 #2EA2C7 #59BAD9 #8BCFE4 #BDE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#59BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAD9

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAD9	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cee4',
    500: '#59bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bad9;
$custom-light: #93cee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAD9

secondary

#E0BAAE

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAD9

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

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