#59BAE3#59BAE3

#59BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59BAE3
RGBrgb(89, 186, 227)
HSLhsl(198, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(198, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(60.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(71.41, -16.55, -29.04)
CIE-LCHlch(71.41, 33.43, 240.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.66% -0.0717 -0.0811)
OKLCHoklch(74.66% 0.108 228.5)
XYZxyz(35.5384, 42.7842, 79.0434)
Luminance0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59BAE3 #E38259
analogous
#59E3C7 #59BAE3 #5975E3
triadic
#59BAE3 #E359BA #BAE359
tetradic
#59BAE3 #C759E3 #E38259 #75E359
square
#59BAE3 #C759E3 #E38259 #75E359
split-complementary
#59BAE3 #E35975 #E3C759
monochromatic
#1C7DA6 #25A4DA #59BAE3 #8DD0EC #C2E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#59BAE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#59BAE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAE3
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59BAE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59BAE31.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B7E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A9E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 228.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ceec',
    500: '#59bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59bae3;
$custom-light: #94ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59BAE3
secondary
#E5C2B2
accent
#4C12D3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#59BAE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva