#59A5FA#59A5FA

#59A5FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5FA
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 2.31, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 49.33, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0432 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.146 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8240, 35.9328, 95.5244)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5FA #FAAE59

analogous

#59F6FA #59A5FA #5E59FA

triadic

#59A5FA #FA59A5 #A5FA59

tetradic

#59A5FA #FA59F6 #FAAE59 #59FA5E

square

#59A5FA #FA59F6 #FAAE59 #59FA5E

split-complementary

#59A5FA #FA5E59 #F6FA59

monochromatic

#0667D2 #1E85F8 #59A5FA #94C5FC #D0E5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#59A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#59A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5FA

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5FA	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80AAFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#699BF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bffc',
    500: '#59a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5fa;
$custom-light: #96bffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.677,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5FA

secondary

#F1D9BD

accent

#7900E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0F1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5FA

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

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