#59BCE3#59BCE3

#59BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.108 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE3
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -17.60, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 33.21, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0738 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.108 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9627, 43.6327, 79.1849)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE3 #E38059

analogous

#59E3C5 #59BCE3 #5977E3

triadic

#59BCE3 #E359BC #BCE359

tetradic

#59BCE3 #C559E3 #E38059 #77E359

square

#59BCE3 #C559E3 #E38059 #77E359

split-complementary

#59BCE3 #E35977 #E3C559

monochromatic

#1C7FA6 #25A7DA #59BCE3 #8DD1EC #C2E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#59BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#59BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE3

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE3	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.108 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0ec',
    500: '#59bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce3;
$custom-light: #94d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE3

secondary

#E5C1B2

accent

#4912D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE3

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

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