#59A5E8#59A5E8

#59A5E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5E8
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 28.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -3.56, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 40.89, 265.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0481 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.125 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1351, 34.8572, 81.3629)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5E8 #E89C59

analogous

#59E8E3 #59A5E8 #595DE8

triadic

#59A5E8 #E859A5 #A5E859

tetradic

#59A5E8 #E359E8 #E89C59 #5DE859

square

#59A5E8 #E359E8 #E89C59 #5DE859

split-complementary

#59A5E8 #E8595D #E8E359

monochromatic

#1868AE #2388E1 #59A5E8 #8FC2EF #C5DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#59A5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#59A5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5E8

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5E8	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfef',
    500: '#59a5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5e8;
$custom-light: #94bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70156,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5E8

secondary

#E8CDB5

accent

#6C0ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5E8

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

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