#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
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -14.22, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 36.38, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0699 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.117 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5297, 44.2595, 87.4374)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##59BCEE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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