#59BCDE#59BCDE

#59BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCDE
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -19.10, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 32.04, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0756 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.104 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2827, 43.3607, 75.6031)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCDE #DE7B59

analogous

#59DEBD #59BCDE #5979DE

triadic

#59BCDE #DE59BC #BCDE59

tetradic

#59BCDE #BD59DE #DE7B59 #79DE59

square

#59BCDE #BD59DE #DE7B59 #79DE59

split-complementary

#59BCDE #DE5979 #DEBD59

monochromatic

#1F7D9D #29A6D0 #59BCDE #8CD1E8 #BFE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#59BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCDE

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCDE	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e8',
    500: '#59bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcde;
$custom-light: #94d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.338,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCDE

secondary

#E2BDB0

accent

#4617CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCDE

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

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