#59BCD2#59BCD2

#59BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD2
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -22.63, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 30.09, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0802 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.097 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7312, 42.7401, 67.4323)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD2 #D26F59

analogous

#59D2AB #59BCD2 #597FD2

triadic

#59BCD2 #D259BC #BCD259

tetradic

#59BCD2 #AB59D2 #D26F59 #7FD259

square

#59BCD2 #AB59D2 #D26F59 #7FD259

split-complementary

#59BCD2 #D2597F #D2AB59

monochromatic

#26798B #33A2BB #59BCD2 #89CFDF #B9E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#59BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD2

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD2	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0df',
    500: '#59bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd2;
$custom-light: #92d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD2

secondary

#DBB4AB

accent

#6347E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD2

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

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