#59BDE3#59BDE3

#59BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE3
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -18.12, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 33.12, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0749 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.108 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1771, 44.0615, 79.2563)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE3 #E37F59

analogous

#59E3C4 #59BDE3 #5978E3

triadic

#59BDE3 #E359BD #BDE359

tetradic

#59BDE3 #C459E3 #E37F59 #78E359

square

#59BDE3 #C459E3 #E37F59 #78E359

split-complementary

#59BDE3 #E35978 #E3C459

monochromatic

#1C80A6 #25A8DA #59BDE3 #8DD2EC #C2E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#59BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE3

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE3	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1ec',
    500: '#59bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde3;
$custom-light: #94d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE3

secondary

#E5C0B2

accent

#4712D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE3

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

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