#59BDDA#59BDDA

#59BDDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDDA
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -20.80, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 31.25, 228.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0782 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.102 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9673, 43.5775, 72.8846)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDDA #DA7659

analogous

#59DAB6 #59BDDA #597DDA

triadic

#59BDDA #DA59BD #BDDA59

tetradic

#59BDDA #B659DA #DA7659 #7DDA59

square

#59BDDA #B659DA #DA7659 #7DDA59

split-complementary

#59BDDA #DA597D #DAB659

monochromatic

#227D97 #2DA6C9 #59BDDA #8BD1E5 #BDE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#59BDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#59BDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDDA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDDA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1e5',
    500: '#59bdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdda;
$custom-light: #93d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.488,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDDA

secondary

#E0BAAF

accent

#421ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDDA

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

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