#59BDDC#59BDDC

#59BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDDC
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -20.21, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 31.61, 230.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0775 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.103 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2306, 43.6829, 74.2712)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDDC #DC7859

analogous

#59DCB9 #59BDDC #597CDC

triadic

#59BDDC #DC59BD #BDDC59

tetradic

#59BDDC #B959DC #DC7859 #7CDC59

square

#59BDDC #B959DC #DC7859 #7CDC59

split-complementary

#59BDDC #DC597C #DCB959

monochromatic

#207D9A #2BA6CD #59BDDC #8CD1E7 #BEE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#59BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#59BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDDC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDDC	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1e7',
    500: '#59bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bddc;
$custom-light: #93d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDDC

secondary

#E1BBAF

accent

#4318CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDDC

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

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