#59BCDC#59BCDC

#59BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCDC
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -19.70, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 31.63, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0764 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.103 222)
XYZ	xyz(35.0162, 43.2541, 74.1998)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCDC #DC7959

analogous

#59DCBA #59BCDC #597BDC

triadic

#59BCDC #DC59BC #BCDC59

tetradic

#59BCDC #BA59DC #DC7959 #7BDC59

square

#59BCDC #BA59DC #DC7959 #7BDC59

split-complementary

#59BCDC #DC597B #DCBA59

monochromatic

#207C9A #2BA5CD #59BCDC #8CD0E7 #BEE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#59BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCDC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCDC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0e7',
    500: '#59bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcdc;
$custom-light: #93d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCDC

secondary

#E1BCAF

accent

#4518CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCDC

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

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