#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
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -16.16, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 34.13, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0717 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.11 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1675, 43.3740, 81.3136)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##59BBE6	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #59BBE6

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

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