#59BCE4#59BCE4

#59BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE4
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -17.29, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 33.46, 238.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0734 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.109 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1011, 43.6881, 79.9139)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE4 #E48159

analogous

#59E4C6 #59BCE4 #5977E4

triadic

#59BCE4 #E459BC #BCE459

tetradic

#59BCE4 #C659E4 #E48159 #77E459

square

#59BCE4 #C659E4 #E48159 #77E459

split-complementary

#59BCE4 #E45977 #E4C659

monochromatic

#1B7FA7 #24A7DB #59BCE4 #8ED1ED #C2E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#59BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#59BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE4	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0ec',
    500: '#59bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce4;
$custom-light: #94d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75163,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE4

secondary

#E6C2B3

accent

#4911D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE4

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

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