#59BCD9#59BCD9

#59BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCD9
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -20.59, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 31.07, 228.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0775 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.101 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6225, 43.0966, 72.1261)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCD9 #D97659

analogous

#59D9B6 #59BCD9 #597CD9

triadic

#59BCD9 #D959BC #BCD959

tetradic

#59BCD9 #B659D9 #D97659 #7CD959

square

#59BCD9 #B659D9 #D97659 #7CD959

split-complementary

#59BCD9 #D9597C #D9B659

monochromatic

#227B95 #2EA4C7 #59BCD9 #8BD0E4 #BDE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#59BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCD9

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCD9	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e4',
    500: '#59bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcd9;
$custom-light: #93d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.594,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74712,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCD9

secondary

#E0B9AE

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCD9

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

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