#59A3D9#59A3D9

#59A3D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3D9
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 24.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -7.22, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 35.11, 258.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0507 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.109 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7368, 33.3252, 70.4975)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3D9 #D98F59

analogous

#59D9CF #59A3D9 #5963D9

triadic

#59A3D9 #D959A3 #A3D959

tetradic

#59A3D9 #CF59D9 #D98F59 #63D959

square

#59A3D9 #CF59D9 #D98F59 #63D959

split-complementary

#59A3D9 #D95963 #D9CF59

monochromatic

#226595 #2E86C7 #59A3D9 #8BBFE4 #BDDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#59A3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#59A3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3D9

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3D9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bee5',
    500: '#59a3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3d9;
$custom-light: #92bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.313,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3D9

secondary

#E0C3AE

accent

#8742E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3D9

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

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