#59A5EE#59A5EE

#59A5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5EE
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -1.62, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 43.63, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0464 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.132 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0019, 35.2040, 85.9282)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5EE #EEA259

analogous

#59EEED #59A5EE #595BEE

triadic

#59A5EE #EE59A5 #A5EE59

tetradic

#59A5EE #ED59EE #EEA259 #5BEE59

square

#59A5EE #ED59EE #EEA259 #5BEE59

split-complementary

#59A5EE #EE595B #EEED59

monochromatic

#1368BA #2187E8 #59A5EE #91C3F4 #C8E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#59A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#59A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5EE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5EE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719AED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bff4',
    500: '#59a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5ee;
$custom-light: #95bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.396,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70457,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5EE

secondary

#EBD1B7

accent

#7108DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5EE

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

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