#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
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -3.88, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 40.44, 264.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0484 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.123 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9934, 34.8006, 80.6169)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##59A5E7	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #59A5E7

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

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