#59BBD6#59BBD6

#59BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBD6
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -20.96, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 30.56, 226.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0776 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.099 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0229, 42.5162, 70.0187)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBD6 #D67459

analogous

#59D6B3 #59BBD6 #597DD6

triadic

#59BBD6 #D659BB #BBD659

tetradic

#59BBD6 #B359D6 #D67459 #7DD659

square

#59BBD6 #B359D6 #D67459 #7DD659

split-complementary

#59BBD6 #D6597D #D6B359

monochromatic

#247991 #30A2C2 #59BBD6 #8ACFE2 #BBE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#59BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBD6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBD6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe2',
    500: '#59bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbd6;
$custom-light: #93cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBD6

secondary

#DEB8AD

accent

#6744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBD6

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

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