#59BDE5#59BDE5

#59BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE5
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -17.51, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 33.61, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0741 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.109 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4547, 44.1725, 80.7185)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE5 #E58159

analogous

#59E5C7 #59BDE5 #5977E5

triadic

#59BDE5 #E559BD #BDE559

tetradic

#59BDE5 #C759E5 #E58159 #77E559

square

#59BDE5 #C759E5 #E58159 #77E559

split-complementary

#59BDE5 #E55977 #E5C759

monochromatic

#1A80A9 #24A8DD #59BDE5 #8ED2ED #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#59BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE5

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE5	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1ed',
    500: '#59bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde5;
$custom-light: #94d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE5

secondary

#E6C2B3

accent

#4910D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE5

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

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