#59BCDF#59BCDF

#59BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCDF
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -18.80, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 32.26, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0753 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.105 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4171, 43.4145, 76.3111)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCDF #DF7C59

analogous

#59DFBF #59BCDF #5979DF

triadic

#59BCDF #DF59BC #BCDF59

tetradic

#59BCDF #BF59DF #DF7C59 #79DF59

square

#59BCDF #BF59DF #DF7C59 #79DF59

split-complementary

#59BCDF #DF5979 #DFBF59

monochromatic

#1F7D9F #29A6D2 #59BCDF #8CD1E9 #C0E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#59BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCDF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCDF	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e9',
    500: '#59bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcdf;
$custom-light: #94d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74955,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCDF

secondary

#E3BEB1

accent

#4616D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCDF

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

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