#59A8D9#59A8D9

#59A8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8D9
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -9.98, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 33.65, 252.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0561 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.106 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6421, 35.1360, 70.7993)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8D9 #D98A59

analogous

#59D9CA #59A8D9 #5968D9

triadic

#59A8D9 #D959A8 #A8D959

tetradic

#59A8D9 #CA59D9 #D98A59 #68D959

square

#59A8D9 #CA59D9 #D98A59 #68D959

split-complementary

#59A8D9 #D95968 #D9CA59

monochromatic

#226995 #2E8CC7 #59A8D9 #8BC2E4 #BDDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#59A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#59A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8D9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8D9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809AD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1e5',
    500: '#59a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8d9;
$custom-light: #92c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.969,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70118,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8D9

secondary

#E0C1AE

accent

#8142E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8D9

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

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