#59A5D8#59A5D8

#59A5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5D8
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -8.64, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 34.10, 255.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0532 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.107 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9650, 33.9892, 69.9339)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5D8 #D88C59

analogous

#59D8CB #59A5D8 #5966D8

triadic

#59A5D8 #D859A5 #A5D859

tetradic

#59A5D8 #CB59D8 #D88C59 #66D859

square

#59A5D8 #CB59D8 #D88C59 #66D859

split-complementary

#59A5D8 #D85966 #D8CB59

monochromatic

#236694 #2E89C5 #59A5D8 #8BC0E4 #BCDBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#59A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#59A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5D8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5D8	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfe4',
    500: '#59a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5d8;
$custom-light: #92bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.094,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5D8

secondary

#DFC2AE

accent

#8443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5D8

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

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