#59BBE6#59BBE6

#59BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59BBE6
RGBrgb(89, 187, 230)
HSLhsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(198, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.81, -16.16, -30.06)
CIE-LCHlch(71.81, 34.13, 241.74°)
OKLaboklab(75.02% -0.0717 -0.084)
OKLCHoklch(75.02% 0.11 229.5)
XYZxyz(36.1675, 43.3740, 81.3136)
Luminance0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59BBE6 #E68459
analogous
#59E6CB #59BBE6 #5974E6
triadic
#59BBE6 #E659BB #BBE659
tetradic
#59BBE6 #CB59E6 #E68459 #74E659
square
#59BBE6 #CB59E6 #E68459 #74E659
split-complementary
#59BBE6 #E65974 #E6CB59
monochromatic
#1A7FAB #24A5DE #59BBE6 #8ED1EE #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#59BBE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68
#59BBE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBE6
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59BBE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59BBE61.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B8E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91AAE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 229.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cfee',
    500: '#59bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59bbe6;
$custom-light: #94cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7502,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59BBE6
secondary
#E7C3B4
accent
#4C10D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#59BBE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva