#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
RGBrgb(89, 189, 239)
HSLhsl(200, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(200, 63%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.73, -14.44, -33.52)
CIE-LCHlch(72.73, 36.50, 246.69°)
OKLaboklab(75.86% -0.0706 -0.0939)
OKLCHoklch(75.86% 0.117 233)
XYZxyz(37.8914, 44.7472, 88.2848)
Luminance0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##59BDEF1.002.119.959.95
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9521.001.001.00
##0000009.9521.001.001.00

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

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#59BDEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva