#59BCE9#59BCE9

#59BCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCE9
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -15.77, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 34.84, 243.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0717 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.113 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8053, 43.9698, 83.6224)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCE9 #E98659

analogous

#59E9CE #59BCE9 #5974E9

triadic

#59BCE9 #E959BC #BCE959

tetradic

#59BCE9 #CE59E9 #E98659 #74E959

square

#59BCE9 #CE59E9 #E98659 #74E959

split-complementary

#59BCE9 #E95974 #E9CE59

monochromatic

#1780B0 #23A6E2 #59BCE9 #8FD2F0 #C5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#59BCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCE9

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCE9	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f0',
    500: '#59bce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bce9;
$custom-light: #95d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75376,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCE9

secondary

#E9C5B5

accent

#4C0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCE9

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

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