#59BCE6#59BCE6

#59BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE6
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -16.68, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.99, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0727 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.11 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3804, 43.7998, 81.3845)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE6 #E68359

analogous

#59E6C9 #59BCE6 #5976E6

triadic

#59BCE6 #E659BC #BCE659

tetradic

#59BCE6 #C959E6 #E68359 #76E659

square

#59BCE6 #C959E6 #E68359 #76E659

split-complementary

#59BCE6 #E65976 #E6C959

monochromatic

#1A80AB #24A7DE #59BCE6 #8ED1EE #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#59BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE6

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE6	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0ee',
    500: '#59bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce6;
$custom-light: #94d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75248,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE6

secondary

#E7C3B4

accent

#4B10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE6

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

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