#59BCEE#59BCEE

#59BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59BCEE
RGBrgb(89, 188, 238)
HSLhsl(200, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(200, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.40, -14.22, -33.48)
CIE-LCHlch(72.40, 36.38, 246.98°)
OKLaboklab(75.59% -0.0699 -0.0937)
OKLCHoklch(75.59% 0.117 233.3)
XYZxyz(37.5297, 44.2595, 87.4374)
Luminance0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59BCEE #EE8B59
analogous
#59EED5 #59BCEE #5972EE
triadic
#59BCEE #EE59BC #BCEE59
tetradic
#59BCEE #D559EE #EE8B59 #72EE59
square
#59BCEE #D559EE #EE8B59 #72EE59
split-complementary
#59BCEE #EE5972 #EED559
monochromatic
#1382BA #21A6E8 #59BCEE #91D2F4 #C8E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#59BCEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85
#59BCEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCEE
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59BCEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59BCEE1.002.139.859.85
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8521.001.001.00
##0000009.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4BAF0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FABED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 233.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f3',
    500: '#59bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59bcee;
$custom-light: #95d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.134,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59BCEE
secondary
#EBC9B7
accent
#5008DE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCEE

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#59BCEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva