#59BBE8#59BBE8

#59BBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBE8
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -15.55, -31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 34.71, 243.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.071 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.112 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4500, 43.4870, 82.8012)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBE8 #E88659

analogous

#59E8CD #59BBE8 #5973E8

triadic

#59BBE8 #E859BB #BBE859

tetradic

#59BBE8 #CD59E8 #E88659 #73E859

square

#59BBE8 #CD59E8 #E88659 #73E859

split-complementary

#59BBE8 #E85973 #E8CD59

monochromatic

#187FAE #23A5E1 #59BBE8 #8FD1EF #C5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#59BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBE8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBE8	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cfef',
    500: '#59bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbe8;
$custom-light: #95cfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBE8

secondary

#E8C5B5

accent

#4D0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBE8

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

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