#59BED9#59BED9

#59BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BED9
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -21.61, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 31.12, 226.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0797 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.101 218)
XYZ	xyz(35.0527, 43.9570, 72.2695)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#59BED9 #D97459

analogous

#59D9B4 #59BED9 #597ED9

triadic

#59BED9 #D959BE #BED959

tetradic

#59BED9 #B459D9 #D97459 #7ED959

square

#59BED9 #B459D9 #D97459 #7ED959

split-complementary

#59BED9 #D9597E #D9B459

monochromatic

#227D95 #2EA7C7 #59BED9 #8BD2E4 #BDE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#59BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#59BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BED9

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BED9	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1e4',
    500: '#59bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bed9;
$custom-light: #93d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.43961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BED9

secondary

#E0B9AE

accent

#6542E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BED9

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

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