#59BAEE#59BAEE

#59BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BAEE
RGB	rgb(89, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -13.16, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 36.80, 249.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0679 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.118 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1054, 43.4109, 87.2960)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BAEE #EE8D59

analogous

#59EED8 #59BAEE #5970EE

triadic

#59BAEE #EE59BA #BAEE59

tetradic

#59BAEE #D859EE #EE8D59 #70EE59

square

#59BAEE #D859EE #EE8D59 #70EE59

split-complementary

#59BAEE #EE5970 #EED859

monochromatic

#137FBA #21A3E8 #59BAEE #91D1F4 #C8E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#59BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BAEE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BAEE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef3',
    500: '#59baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59baee;
$custom-light: #95cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BAEE

secondary

#EBCAB7

accent

#5208DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BAEE

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

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