#59A5E9#59A5E9

#59A5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59A5E9
RGBrgb(89, 165, 233)
HSLhsl(208, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.68, -3.24, -41.22)
CIE-LCHlch(65.68, 41.34, 265.51°)
OKLaboklab(70.21% -0.0479 -0.1162)
OKLCHoklch(70.21% 0.126 247.6)
XYZxyz(32.2775, 34.9142, 82.1131)
Luminance0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59A5E9 #E99D59
analogous
#59E9E5 #59A5E9 #595DE9
triadic
#59A5E9 #E959A5 #A5E959
tetradic
#59A5E9 #E559E9 #E99D59 #5DE959
square
#59A5E9 #E559E9 #E99D59 #5DE959
split-complementary
#59A5E9 #E9595D #E9E559
monochromatic
#1768B0 #2388E2 #59A5E9 #8FC2F0 #C5E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#59A5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98
#59A5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5E9
7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59A5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59A5E91.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7499E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59a5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 247.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bff0',
    500: '#59a5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59a5e9;
$custom-light: #94bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59a5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70206,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59A5E9
secondary
#E9CDB5
accent
#6D0DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#59A5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva