#59A8DD#59A8DD

#59A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8DD
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -8.73, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 35.19, 255.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0547 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.11 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1687, 35.3466, 73.5726)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8DD #DD8E59

analogous

#59DDD0 #59A8DD #5966DD

triadic

#59A8DD #DD59A8 #A8DD59

tetradic

#59A8DD #D059DD #DD8E59 #66DD59

square

#59A8DD #D059DD #DD8E59 #66DD59

split-complementary

#59A8DD #DD5966 #DDD059

monochromatic

#206A9C #2A8DCF #59A8DD #8CC3E7 #BFDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#59A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#59A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8DD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8DD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1e7',
    500: '#59a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8dd;
$custom-light: #93c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8DD

secondary

#E2C4B0

accent

#6118CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8DD

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

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