#59BCEC#59BCEC

#59BCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCEC
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -14.84, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 35.75, 245.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0706 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.115 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2375, 44.1426, 85.8986)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCEC #EC8959

analogous

#59ECD2 #59BCEC #5972EC

triadic

#59BCEC #EC59BC #BCEC59

tetradic

#59BCEC #D259EC #EC8959 #72EC59

square

#59BCEC #D259EC #EC8959 #72EC59

split-complementary

#59BCEC #EC5972 #ECD259

monochromatic

#1581B6 #22A6E6 #59BCEC #90D2F2 #C7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#59BCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCEC

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCEC	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f2',
    500: '#59bcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcec;
$custom-light: #95d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCEC

secondary

#EAC7B6

accent

#4E0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCEC

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

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