#59BCE2#59BCE2

#59BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE2
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -17.90, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 32.96, 237.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0742 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.107 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8251, 43.5777, 78.4601)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE2 #E27F59

analogous

#59E2C3 #59BCE2 #5978E2

triadic

#59BCE2 #E259BC #BCE259

tetradic

#59BCE2 #C359E2 #E27F59 #78E259

square

#59BCE2 #C359E2 #E27F59 #78E259

split-complementary

#59BCE2 #E25978 #E2C359

monochromatic

#1D7EA4 #26A7D8 #59BCE2 #8DD1EB #C1E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#59BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#59BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0eb',
    500: '#59bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce2;
$custom-light: #94d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7508,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE2

secondary

#E5C0B2

accent

#4813D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE2

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

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