#59BAE6#59BAE6

#59BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.111 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAE6
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -15.63, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 34.27, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0706 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.111 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9561, 42.9512, 81.2431)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAE6 #E68559

analogous

#59E6CB #59BAE6 #5974E6

triadic

#59BAE6 #E659BA #BAE659

tetradic

#59BAE6 #CB59E6 #E68559 #74E659

square

#59BAE6 #CB59E6 #E68559 #74E659

split-complementary

#59BAE6 #E65974 #E6CB59

monochromatic

#1A7EAB #24A4DE #59BAE6 #8ED0EE #C3E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#59BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAE6

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAE6	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.111 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ceee',
    500: '#59bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bae6;
$custom-light: #94ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAE6

secondary

#E7C4B4

accent

#4D10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAE6

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

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