#59BDE7#59BDE7

#59BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE7
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -16.90, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 34.14, 240.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0734 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.111 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7356, 44.2849, 82.1977)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE7 #E78359

analogous

#59E7CA #59BDE7 #5976E7

triadic

#59BDE7 #E759BD #BDE759

tetradic

#59BDE7 #CA59E7 #E78359 #76E759

square

#59BDE7 #CA59E7 #E78359 #76E759

split-complementary

#59BDE7 #E75976 #E7CA59

monochromatic

#1981AD #24A8DF #59BDE7 #8ED2EF #C4E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#59BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#59BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE7

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE7	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ee',
    500: '#59bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde7;
$custom-light: #95d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE7

secondary

#E8C3B4

accent

#4A0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE7

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

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