#59BBD5#59BBD5

#59BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBD5
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -21.25, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 30.41, 225.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.078 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.099 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8956, 42.4653, 69.3482)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBD5 #D57359

analogous

#59D5B1 #59BBD5 #597DD5

triadic

#59BBD5 #D559BB #BBD559

tetradic

#59BBD5 #B159D5 #D57359 #7DD559

square

#59BBD5 #B159D5 #D57359 #7DD559

split-complementary

#59BBD5 #D5597D #D5B159

monochromatic

#24798F #31A2C0 #59BBD5 #8ACFE1 #BBE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#59BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBD5

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBD5	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe2',
    500: '#59bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbd5;
$custom-light: #93cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBD5

secondary

#DDB7AD

accent

#6645E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBD5

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

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