#59BCDD#59BCDD

#59BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.103 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCDD
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -19.40, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 31.83, 232.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.076 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.104 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1490, 43.3073, 74.8994)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCDD #DD7A59

analogous

#59DDBC #59BCDD #597ADD

triadic

#59BCDD #DD59BC #BCDD59

tetradic

#59BCDD #BC59DD #DD7A59 #7ADD59

square

#59BCDD #BC59DD #DD7A59 #7ADD59

split-complementary

#59BCDD #DD597A #DDBC59

monochromatic

#207D9C #2AA5CF #59BCDD #8CD1E7 #BFE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#59BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCDD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCDD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.103 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e7',
    500: '#59bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcdd;
$custom-light: #94d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74874,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCDD

secondary

#E2BCB0

accent

#4518CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCDD

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

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