#59BCE5#59BCE5

#59BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE5
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -16.99, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 33.73, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0731 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.109 228)
XYZ	xyz(36.2404, 43.7438, 80.6471)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE5 #E58259

analogous

#59E5C8 #59BCE5 #5976E5

triadic

#59BCE5 #E559BC #BCE559

tetradic

#59BCE5 #C859E5 #E58259 #76E559

square

#59BCE5 #C859E5 #E58259 #76E559

split-complementary

#59BCE5 #E55976 #E5C859

monochromatic

#1A7FA9 #24A7DD #59BCE5 #8ED1ED #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#59BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE5	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0ed',
    500: '#59bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce5;
$custom-light: #94d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.43747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE5

secondary

#E6C2B3

accent

#4A10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE5

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

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