#59BCDB#59BCDB

#59BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCDB
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -19.99, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 31.43, 230.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0768 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.102 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8842, 43.2013, 73.5044)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCDB #DB7859

analogous

#59DBB9 #59BCDB #597BDB

triadic

#59BCDB #DB59BC #BCDB59

tetradic

#59BCDB #B959DB #DB7859 #7BDB59

square

#59BCDB #B959DB #DB7859 #7BDB59

split-complementary

#59BCDB #DB597B #DBB959

monochromatic

#217C99 #2CA5CB #59BCDB #8BD0E6 #BEE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#59BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCDB

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCDB	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e6',
    500: '#59bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcdb;
$custom-light: #93d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCDB

secondary

#E1BBAF

accent

#4419CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCDB

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

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