#59BBD8#59BBD8

#59BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBD8
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -20.37, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 30.89, 228.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0768 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.1 220)
XYZ	xyz(34.2799, 42.6190, 71.3722)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBD8 #D87659

analogous

#59D8B6 #59BBD8 #597BD8

triadic

#59BBD8 #D859BB #BBD859

tetradic

#59BBD8 #B659D8 #D87659 #7BD859

square

#59BBD8 #B659D8 #D87659 #7BD859

split-complementary

#59BBD8 #D8597B #D8B659

monochromatic

#237A94 #2EA3C5 #59BBD8 #8BCFE4 #BCE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#59BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBD8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBD8	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe4',
    500: '#59bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbd8;
$custom-light: #93cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.42622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBD8

secondary

#DFB9AE

accent

#6843E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBD8

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

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