#59BBEE#59BBEE

#59BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBEE
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -13.69, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 36.58, 248.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0689 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.117 234)
XYZ	xyz(37.3168, 43.8338, 87.3665)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBEE #EE8C59

analogous

#59EED7 #59BBEE #5971EE

triadic

#59BBEE #EE59BB #BBEE59

tetradic

#59BBEE #D759EE #EE8C59 #71EE59

square

#59BBEE #D759EE #EE8C59 #71EE59

split-complementary

#59BBEE #EE5971 #EED759

monochromatic

#1381BA #21A4E8 #59BBEE #91D2F4 #C8E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#59BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBEE

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBEE	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cff3',
    500: '#59bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbee;
$custom-light: #95cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBEE

secondary

#EBC9B7

accent

#5108DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBEE

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

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