#59BAE7#59BAE7

#59BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAE7
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -15.33, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 34.57, 243.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0703 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.112 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0969, 43.0076, 81.9848)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAE7 #E78659

analogous

#59E7CD #59BAE7 #5973E7

triadic

#59BAE7 #E759BA #BAE759

tetradic

#59BAE7 #CD59E7 #E78659 #73E759

square

#59BAE7 #CD59E7 #E78659 #73E759

split-complementary

#59BAE7 #E75973 #E7CD59

monochromatic

#197EAD #24A4DF #59BAE7 #8ED0EF #C4E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#59BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAE7

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAE7	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ceee',
    500: '#59bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bae7;
$custom-light: #94ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAE7

secondary

#E8C4B4

accent

#4E0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAE7

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

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