#59BCD3#59BCD3

#59BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD3
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -22.34, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 30.20, 222.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0799 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.098 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8562, 42.7901, 68.0905)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD3 #D37059

analogous

#59D3AD #59BCD3 #597FD3

triadic

#59BCD3 #D359BC #BCD359

tetradic

#59BCD3 #AD59D3 #D37059 #7FD359

square

#59BCD3 #AD59D3 #D37059 #7FD359

split-complementary

#59BCD3 #D3597F #D3AD59

monochromatic

#25798C #32A3BD #59BCD3 #89D0E0 #BAE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#59BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD3

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD3	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e0',
    500: '#59bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd3;
$custom-light: #93d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD3

secondary

#DCB5AC

accent

#6446E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD3

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

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