#59CBE8#59CBE8

#59CBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.110 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CBE8
RGB	rgb(89, 203, 232)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -23.78, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 33.78, 225.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0875 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.11 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0353, 50.6578, 83.9963)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CBE8 #E87659

analogous

#59E8BD #59CBE8 #5983E8

triadic

#59CBE8 #E859CB #CBE859

tetradic

#59CBE8 #BD59E8 #E87659 #83E859

square

#59CBE8 #BD59E8 #E87659 #83E859

split-complementary

#59CBE8 #E85983 #E8BD59

monochromatic

#1890AE #23BAE1 #59CBE8 #8FDCEF #C5EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#59CBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#59CBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CBE8

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CBE8	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 203, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.110 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbef',
    500: '#59cbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cbe8;
$custom-light: #96dbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.168,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78772,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CBE8

secondary

#AF4F36

accent

#370ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CBE8

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

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