#59A5E7#59A5E7

#59A5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59A5E7
RGBrgb(89, 165, 231)
HSLhsl(208, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.59, -3.88, -40.26)
CIE-LCHlch(65.59, 40.44, 264.49°)
OKLaboklab(70.11% -0.0484 -0.1134)
OKLCHoklch(70.11% 0.123 246.9)
XYZxyz(31.9934, 34.8006, 80.6169)
Luminance0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59A5E7 #E79B59
analogous
#59E7E2 #59A5E7 #595EE7
triadic
#59A5E7 #E759A5 #A5E759
tetradic
#59A5E7 #E259E7 #E79B59 #5EE759
square
#59A5E7 #E259E7 #E79B59 #5EE759
split-complementary
#59A5E7 #E7595E #E7E259
monochromatic
#1968AD #2488DF #59A5E7 #8EC2EF #C4DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#59A5E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96
#59A5E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5E7
7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59A5E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59A5E71.002.647.967.96
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9621.001.001.00
##0000007.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7599E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 246.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfef',
    500: '#59a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59a5e7;
$custom-light: #94bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.887,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70107,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59A5E7
secondary
#E8CCB4
accent
#6C0FD7
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#59A5E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva