#59BAE8#59BAE8

#59BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAE8
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -15.02, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 34.87, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0699 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.112 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2386, 43.0642, 82.7307)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAE8 #E88759

analogous

#59E8CF #59BAE8 #5972E8

triadic

#59BAE8 #E859BA #BAE859

tetradic

#59BAE8 #CF59E8 #E88759 #72E859

square

#59BAE8 #CF59E8 #E88759 #72E859

split-complementary

#59BAE8 #E85972 #E8CF59

monochromatic

#187EAE #23A4E1 #59BAE8 #8FD0EF #C5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#59BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAE8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAE8	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceef',
    500: '#59bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bae8;
$custom-light: #95ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74878,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAE8

secondary

#E8C5B5

accent

#4F0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAE8

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

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