#59BDEC#59BDEC

#59BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDEC
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -15.37, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 35.57, 244.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0716 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.115 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4518, 44.5714, 85.9700)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDEC #EC8859

analogous

#59ECD1 #59BDEC #5973EC

triadic

#59BDEC #EC59BD #BDEC59

tetradic

#59BDEC #D159EC #EC8859 #73EC59

square

#59BDEC #D159EC #EC8859 #73EC59

split-complementary

#59BDEC #EC5973 #ECD159

monochromatic

#1582B6 #22A7E6 #59BDEC #90D3F2 #C7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#59BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#59BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDEC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDEC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f2',
    500: '#59bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdec;
$custom-light: #95d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75733,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDEC

secondary

#EAC7B6

accent

#4D0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDEC

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

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