#59BDDE#59BDDE

#59BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.104 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDDE
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -19.62, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 32.00, 232.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0767 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.104 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4970, 43.7894, 75.6746)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDDE #DE7A59

analogous

#59DEBC #59BDDE #597ADE

triadic

#59BDDE #DE59BD #BDDE59

tetradic

#59BDDE #BC59DE #DE7A59 #7ADE59

square

#59BDDE #BC59DE #DE7A59 #7ADE59

split-complementary

#59BDDE #DE597A #DEBC59

monochromatic

#1F7E9D #29A7D0 #59BDDE #8CD1E8 #BFE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#59BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDDE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDDE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.104 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1e8',
    500: '#59bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdde;
$custom-light: #94d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.887,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDDE

secondary

#E2BDB0

accent

#4417CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDDE

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

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