#59BEE8#59BEE8

#59BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEE8
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -17.12, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 34.29, 240.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0741 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.111 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0931, 44.7732, 83.0156)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEE8 #E88359

analogous

#59E8CA #59BEE8 #5977E8

triadic

#59BEE8 #E859BE #BEE859

tetradic

#59BEE8 #CA59E8 #E88359 #77E859

square

#59BEE8 #CA59E8 #E88359 #77E859

split-complementary

#59BEE8 #E85977 #E8CA59

monochromatic

#1882AE #23A9E1 #59BEE8 #8FD3EF #C5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#59BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#59BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEE8

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEE8	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1ef',
    500: '#59bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bee8;
$custom-light: #95d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7579,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEE8

secondary

#E8C4B5

accent

#490ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEE8

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

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