#59BDEB#59BDEB

#59BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDEB
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -15.68, -31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 35.27, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.072 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.114 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3070, 44.5134, 85.2070)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDEB #EB8759

analogous

#59EBD0 #59BDEB #5974EB

triadic

#59BDEB #EB59BD #BDEB59

tetradic

#59BDEB #D059EB #EB8759 #74EB59

square

#59BDEB #D059EB #EB8759 #74EB59

split-complementary

#59BDEB #EB5974 #EBD059

monochromatic

#1682B4 #22A7E4 #59BDEB #90D3F2 #C6E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#59BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#59BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDEB

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDEB	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f1',
    500: '#59bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdeb;
$custom-light: #95d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDEB

secondary

#EAC6B6

accent

#4C0BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDEB

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

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