#59BBDD#59BBDD

#59BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBDD
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -18.88, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 31.87, 233.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.075 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.104 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9361, 42.8815, 74.8284)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBDD #DD7B59

analogous

#59DDBD #59BBDD #5979DD

triadic

#59BBDD #DD59BB #BBDD59

tetradic

#59BBDD #BD59DD #DD7B59 #79DD59

square

#59BBDD #BD59DD #DD7B59 #79DD59

split-complementary

#59BBDD #DD5979 #DDBD59

monochromatic

#207C9C #2AA4CF #59BBDD #8CD0E7 #BFE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#59BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBDD

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBDD	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfe7',
    500: '#59bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbdd;
$custom-light: #93cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74643,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBDD

secondary

#E2BDB0

accent

#4718CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBDD

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

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