#59BCD5#59BCD5

#59BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD5
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -21.76, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 30.45, 224.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0791 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.099 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1085, 42.8910, 69.4192)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD5 #D57259

analogous

#59D5B0 #59BCD5 #597ED5

triadic

#59BCD5 #D559BC #BCD559

tetradic

#59BCD5 #B059D5 #D57259 #7ED559

square

#59BCD5 #B059D5 #D57259 #7ED559

split-complementary

#59BCD5 #D5597E #D5B059

monochromatic

#247A8F #31A3C0 #59BCD5 #8AD0E1 #BBE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#59BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e2',
    500: '#59bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd5;
$custom-light: #93d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.097,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74554,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD5

secondary

#DDB6AD

accent

#6545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD5

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

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