#59A5DC#59A5DC

#59A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5DC
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -7.38, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 35.71, 258.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0519 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.111 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4884, 34.1986, 72.6905)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5DC #DC9059

analogous

#59DCD1 #59A5DC #5963DC

triadic

#59A5DC #DC59A5 #A5DC59

tetradic

#59A5DC #D159DC #DC9059 #63DC59

square

#59A5DC #D159DC #DC9059 #63DC59

split-complementary

#59A5DC #DC5963 #DCD159

monochromatic

#20679A #2B89CD #59A5DC #8CC0E7 #BEDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#59A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#59A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5DC

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5DC	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfe7',
    500: '#59a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5dc;
$custom-light: #92bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.191,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5DC

secondary

#E1C4AF

accent

#6418CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5DC

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

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