#59BCD0#59BCD0

#59BCD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.096 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD0
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -23.21, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 29.89, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.081 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.096 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4836, 42.6411, 66.1283)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD0 #D06D59

analogous

#59D0A8 #59BCD0 #5980D0

triadic

#59BCD0 #D059BC #BCD059

tetradic

#59BCD0 #A859D0 #D06D59 #80D059

square

#59BCD0 #A859D0 #D06D59 #80D059

split-complementary

#59BCD0 #D05980 #D0A859

monochromatic

#277888 #34A2B8 #59BCD0 #89CFDE #B8E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#59BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD0

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD0	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.096 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0de',
    500: '#59bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd0;
$custom-light: #92d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD0

secondary

#DAB3AB

accent

#6249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD0

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

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