#59BADE#59BADE

#59BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BADE
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -18.06, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 32.16, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0735 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.104 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8584, 42.5121, 75.4617)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BADE #DE7D59

analogous

#59DEC0 #59BADE #5977DE

triadic

#59BADE #DE59BA #BADE59

tetradic

#59BADE #C059DE #DE7D59 #77DE59

square

#59BADE #C059DE #DE7D59 #77DE59

split-complementary

#59BADE #DE5977 #DEC059

monochromatic

#1F7B9D #29A3D0 #59BADE #8CCFE8 #BFE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#59BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BADE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BADE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cee8',
    500: '#59bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bade;
$custom-light: #93cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BADE

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4917CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BADE

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

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