#59A5EA#59A5EA

#59A5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5EA
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -2.92, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 41.80, 266.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0476 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.127 248)
XYZ	xyz(32.4208, 34.9715, 82.8676)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5EA #EA9E59

analogous

#59EAE7 #59A5EA #595CEA

triadic

#59A5EA #EA59A5 #A5EA59

tetradic

#59A5EA #E759EA #EA9E59 #5CEA59

square

#59A5EA #E759EA #EA9E59 #5CEA59

split-complementary

#59A5EA #EA595C #EAE759

monochromatic

#1768B2 #2388E3 #59A5EA #8FC2F1 #C6E0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#59A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#59A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5EA

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5EA	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bff1',
    500: '#59a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5ea;
$custom-light: #94bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.552,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.34975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5EA

secondary

#E9CEB6

accent

#6E0CDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5EA

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

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