#59BFDE#59BFDE

#59BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFDE
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -20.65, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 31.96, 229.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0788 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.104 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9302, 44.6558, 75.8190)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFDE #DE7859

analogous

#59DEBA #59BFDE #597CDE

triadic

#59BFDE #DE59BF #BFDE59

tetradic

#59BFDE #BA59DE #DE7859 #7CDE59

square

#59BFDE #BA59DE #DE7859 #7CDE59

split-complementary

#59BFDE #DE597C #DEBA59

monochromatic

#1F809D #29A9D0 #59BFDE #8CD3E8 #BFE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#59BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#59BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFDE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFDE	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2e8',
    500: '#59bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfde;
$custom-light: #94d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFDE

secondary

#E2BCB0

accent

#4217CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFDE

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

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