#59BCD8#59BCD8

#59BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.100 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD8
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -20.88, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 30.90, 227.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0779 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.1 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4928, 43.0448, 71.4431)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD8 #D87559

analogous

#59D8B4 #59BCD8 #597DD8

triadic

#59BCD8 #D859BC #BCD859

tetradic

#59BCD8 #B459D8 #D87559 #7DD859

square

#59BCD8 #B459D8 #D87559 #7DD859

split-complementary

#59BCD8 #D8597D #D8B459

monochromatic

#237B94 #2EA4C5 #59BCD8 #8BD0E4 #BCE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#59BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD8	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.100 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e4',
    500: '#59bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd8;
$custom-light: #93d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD8

secondary

#DFB9AE

accent

#6743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD8

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

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