#59BDE2#59BDE2

#59BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.107 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE2
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -18.42, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 32.88, 235.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0752 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.107 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0395, 44.0064, 78.5316)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE2 #E27E59

analogous

#59E2C2 #59BDE2 #5979E2

triadic

#59BDE2 #E259BD #BDE259

tetradic

#59BDE2 #C259E2 #E27E59 #79E259

square

#59BDE2 #C259E2 #E27E59 #79E259

split-complementary

#59BDE2 #E25979 #E2C259

monochromatic

#1D7FA4 #26A8D8 #59BDE2 #8DD2EB #C1E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#59BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE2

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE2	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.107 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1eb',
    500: '#59bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde2;
$custom-light: #94d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE2

secondary

#E5C0B2

accent

#4713D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE2

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

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