#59BDE9#59BDE9

#59BDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDE9
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -16.29, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 34.69, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0727 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.112 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0197, 44.3985, 83.6938)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDE9 #E98559

analogous

#59E9CD #59BDE9 #5975E9

triadic

#59BDE9 #E959BD #BDE959

tetradic

#59BDE9 #CD59E9 #E98559 #75E959

square

#59BDE9 #CD59E9 #E98559 #75E959

split-complementary

#59BDE9 #E95975 #E9CD59

monochromatic

#1782B0 #23A8E2 #59BDE9 #8FD2F0 #C5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#59BDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#59BDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDE9

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDE9	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1f0',
    500: '#59bde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bde9;
$custom-light: #95d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDE9

secondary

#E9C5B5

accent

#4B0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDE9

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

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