#59BEE9#59BEE9

#59BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEE9
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -16.82, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 34.56, 240.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0737 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.112 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2355, 44.8302, 83.7658)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEE9 #E98459

analogous

#59E9CC #59BEE9 #5976E9

triadic

#59BEE9 #E959BE #BEE959

tetradic

#59BEE9 #CC59E9 #E98459 #76E959

square

#59BEE9 #CC59E9 #E98459 #76E959

split-complementary

#59BEE9 #E95976 #E9CC59

monochromatic

#1783B0 #23A9E2 #59BEE9 #8FD3F0 #C5E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#59BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#59BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEE9

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEE9	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d1f0',
    500: '#59bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bee9;
$custom-light: #95d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEE9

secondary

#E9C5B5

accent

#4A0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEE9

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

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