#59BFD6#59BFD6

#59BFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.100 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFD6
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -22.99, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 30.79, 221.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0819 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.1 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8833, 44.2370, 70.3055)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFD6 #D67059

analogous

#59D6AF #59BFD6 #5981D6

triadic

#59BFD6 #D659BF #BFD659

tetradic

#59BFD6 #AF59D6 #D67059 #81D659

square

#59BFD6 #AF59D6 #D67059 #81D659

split-complementary

#59BFD6 #D65981 #D6AF59

monochromatic

#247D91 #30A7C2 #59BFD6 #8AD2E2 #BBE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#59BFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#59BFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFD6

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFD6	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.100 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2e2',
    500: '#59bfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfd6;
$custom-light: #93d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75292,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFD6

secondary

#DEB6AD

accent

#6244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFD6

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

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