#59BDE8#59BDE8

#59BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE8
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -16.60, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 34.41, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0731 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.111 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8772, 44.3415, 82.9436)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE8 #E88459

analogous

#59E8CB #59BDE8 #5975E8

triadic

#59BDE8 #E859BD #BDE859

tetradic

#59BDE8 #CB59E8 #E88459 #75E859

square

#59BDE8 #CB59E8 #E88459 #75E859

split-complementary

#59BDE8 #E85975 #E8CB59

monochromatic

#1881AE #23A8E1 #59BDE8 #8FD2EF #C5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#59BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#59BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE8

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE8	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ef',
    500: '#59bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde8;
$custom-light: #95d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE8

secondary

#E8C4B5

accent

#4A0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE8

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

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