#59CBE9#59CBE9

#59CBE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CBE9
RGB	rgb(89, 203, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -23.48, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 33.92, 226.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0871 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.111 218)
XYZ	xyz(40.1778, 50.7147, 84.7465)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CBE9 #E97759

analogous

#59E9BF #59CBE9 #5983E9

triadic

#59CBE9 #E959CB #CBE959

tetradic

#59CBE9 #BF59E9 #E97759 #83E959

square

#59CBE9 #BF59E9 #E97759 #83E959

split-complementary

#59CBE9 #E95983 #E9BF59

monochromatic

#1790B0 #23BAE2 #59CBE9 #8FDCF0 #C5EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#59CBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#59CBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CBE9

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CBE9	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 203, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbf0',
    500: '#59cbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cbe9;
$custom-light: #96dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.50719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CBE9

secondary

#B14F35

accent

#370DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CBE9

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

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