#59BAE9#59BAE9

#59BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAE9
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -14.71, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 35.18, 245.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0696 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.113 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3810, 43.1212, 83.4809)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAE9 #E98859

analogous

#59E9D0 #59BAE9 #5972E9

triadic

#59BAE9 #E959BA #BAE959

tetradic

#59BAE9 #D059E9 #E98859 #72E959

square

#59BAE9 #D059E9 #E98859 #72E959

split-complementary

#59BAE9 #E95972 #E9D059

monochromatic

#177EB0 #23A4E2 #59BAE9 #8FD0F0 #C5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#59BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAE9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAE9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef0',
    500: '#59bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bae9;
$custom-light: #95cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAE9

secondary

#E9C6B5

accent

#4F0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAE9

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

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