#59BDE6#59BDE6

#59BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE6
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -17.21, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 33.87, 239.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0738 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.11 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5947, 44.2285, 81.4560)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE6 #E68259

analogous

#59E6C9 #59BDE6 #5976E6

triadic

#59BDE6 #E659BD #BDE659

tetradic

#59BDE6 #C959E6 #E68259 #76E659

square

#59BDE6 #C959E6 #E68259 #76E659

split-complementary

#59BDE6 #E65976 #E6C959

monochromatic

#1A81AB #24A8DE #59BDE6 #8ED2EE #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#59BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#59BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE6

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE6	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1ee',
    500: '#59bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde6;
$custom-light: #94d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE6

secondary

#E7C3B4

accent

#4910D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE6

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

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