#59BBDE#59BBDE

#59BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBDE
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -18.58, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 32.09, 234.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0746 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.104 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0698, 42.9349, 75.5322)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBDE #DE7C59

analogous

#59DEBE #59BBDE #5978DE

triadic

#59BBDE #DE59BB #BBDE59

tetradic

#59BBDE #BE59DE #DE7C59 #78DE59

square

#59BBDE #BE59DE #DE7C59 #78DE59

split-complementary

#59BBDE #DE5978 #DEBE59

monochromatic

#1F7C9D #29A4D0 #59BBDE #8CD0E8 #BFE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#59BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBDE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBDE	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cfe8',
    500: '#59bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbde;
$custom-light: #94cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBDE

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4717CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBDE

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

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