#59A8DC#59A8DC

#59A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8DC
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -9.04, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 34.80, 254.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0551 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.109 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0359, 35.2935, 72.8730)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8DC #DC8D59

analogous

#59DCCF #59A8DC #5966DC

triadic

#59A8DC #DC59A8 #A8DC59

tetradic

#59A8DC #CF59DC #DC8D59 #66DC59

square

#59A8DC #CF59DC #DC8D59 #66DC59

split-complementary

#59A8DC #DC5966 #DCCF59

monochromatic

#206A9A #2B8DCD #59A8DC #8CC2E7 #BEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#59A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#59A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8DC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8DC	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1e7',
    500: '#59a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8dc;
$custom-light: #92c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.817,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8DC

secondary

#E1C3AF

accent

#6018CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8DC

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

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