#59BBDF#59BBDF

#59BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBDF
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -18.28, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 32.32, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0742 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.105 225)
XYZ	xyz(35.2042, 42.9887, 76.2401)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBDF #DF7D59

analogous

#59DFC0 #59BBDF #5978DF

triadic

#59BBDF #DF59BB #BBDF59

tetradic

#59BBDF #C059DF #DF7D59 #78DF59

square

#59BBDF #C059DF #DF7D59 #78DF59

split-complementary

#59BBDF #DF5978 #DFC059

monochromatic

#1F7C9F #29A5D2 #59BBDF #8CD0E9 #C0E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#59BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBDF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBDF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cfe9',
    500: '#59bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbdf;
$custom-light: #94cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.42992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBDF

secondary

#E3BEB1

accent

#4816D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBDF

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

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