#59BEE5#59BEE5

#59BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEE5
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -18.03, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 33.52, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0752 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.109 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6706, 44.6042, 80.7905)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEE5 #E58059

analogous

#59E5C6 #59BEE5 #5978E5

triadic

#59BEE5 #E559BE #BEE559

tetradic

#59BEE5 #C659E5 #E58059 #78E559

square

#59BEE5 #C659E5 #E58059 #78E559

split-complementary

#59BEE5 #E55978 #E5C659

monochromatic

#1A81A9 #24A9DD #59BEE5 #8ED3ED #C3E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#59BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#59BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEE5

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEE5	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1ed',
    500: '#59bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bee5;
$custom-light: #94d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEE5

secondary

#E6C2B3

accent

#4710D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEE5

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

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