#59BDEF#59BDEF

#59BDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDEF
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -14.44, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 36.50, 246.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0706 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.117 233)
XYZ	xyz(37.8914, 44.7472, 88.2848)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDEF #EF8B59

analogous

#59EFD6 #59BDEF #5972EF

triadic

#59BDEF #EF59BD #BDEF59

tetradic

#59BDEF #D659EF #EF8B59 #72EF59

square

#59BDEF #D659EF #EF8B59 #72EF59

split-complementary

#59BDEF #EF5972 #EFD659

monochromatic

#1283BC #21A7EA #59BDEF #91D3F4 #C9E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#59BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#59BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDEF

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDEF	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ACEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0f4',
    500: '#59bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdef;
$custom-light: #96d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.44751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDEF

secondary

#ECC9B8

accent

#4F07DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDEF

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

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