#59BFDC#59BFDC

#59BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.103 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFDC
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -21.24, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 31.62, 227.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0796 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.103 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6637, 44.5492, 74.4156)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFDC #DC7659

analogous

#59DCB7 #59BFDC #597EDC

triadic

#59BFDC #DC59BF #BFDC59

tetradic

#59BFDC #B759DC #DC7659 #7EDC59

square

#59BFDC #B759DC #DC7659 #7EDC59

split-complementary

#59BFDC #DC597E #DCB759

monochromatic

#207F9A #2BA9CD #59BFDC #8CD2E7 #BEE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#59BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#59BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFDC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFDC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.103 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2e7',
    500: '#59bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfdc;
$custom-light: #94d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFDC

secondary

#E1BBAF

accent

#4018CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFDC

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

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