#59BED5#59BED5

#59BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BED5
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -22.78, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 30.59, 221.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0812 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.099 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5387, 43.7515, 69.5626)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BED5 #D57059

analogous

#59D5AE #59BED5 #5980D5

triadic

#59BED5 #D559BE #BED559

tetradic

#59BED5 #AE59D5 #D57059 #80D559

square

#59BED5 #AE59D5 #D57059 #80D559

split-complementary

#59BED5 #D55980 #D5AE59

monochromatic

#247B8F #31A6C0 #59BED5 #8AD1E1 #BBE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#59BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#59BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BED5

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BED5	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1e2',
    500: '#59bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bed5;
$custom-light: #93d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7502,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BED5

secondary

#DDB6AD

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BED5

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

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