#59BDE4#59BDE4

#59BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE4
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -17.81, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 33.36, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0745 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.108 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3155, 44.1168, 79.9853)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE4 #E48059

analogous

#59E4C6 #59BDE4 #5977E4

triadic

#59BDE4 #E459BD #BDE459

tetradic

#59BDE4 #C659E4 #E48059 #77E459

square

#59BDE4 #C659E4 #E48059 #77E459

split-complementary

#59BDE4 #E45977 #E4C659

monochromatic

#1B80A7 #24A8DB #59BDE4 #8ED2ED #C2E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#59BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE4

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE4	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1ec',
    500: '#59bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde4;
$custom-light: #94d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE4

secondary

#E6C1B3

accent

#4811D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE4

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

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