#59BCE7#59BCE7

#59BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE7
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -16.38, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 34.27, 241.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0724 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.111 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5212, 43.8561, 82.1262)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE7 #E78459

analogous

#59E7CB #59BCE7 #5975E7

triadic

#59BCE7 #E759BC #BCE759

tetradic

#59BCE7 #CB59E7 #E78459 #75E759

square

#59BCE7 #CB59E7 #E78459 #75E759

split-complementary

#59BCE7 #E75975 #E7CB59

monochromatic

#1980AD #24A6DF #59BCE7 #8ED2EF #C4E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#59BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE7

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE7	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0ee',
    500: '#59bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce7;
$custom-light: #95d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE7

secondary

#E8C4B4

accent

#4B0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE7

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

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