#59A8E5#59A8E5

#59A8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8E5
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -6.20, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 38.47, 260.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0522 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.119 244)
XYZ	xyz(32.2600, 35.7832, 79.3203)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8E5 #E59659

analogous

#59E5DC #59A8E5 #5962E5

triadic

#59A8E5 #E559A8 #A8E559

tetradic

#59A8E5 #DC59E5 #E59659 #62E559

square

#59A8E5 #DC59E5 #E59659 #62E559

split-complementary

#59A8E5 #E55962 #E5DC59

monochromatic

#1A6BA9 #248CDD #59A8E5 #8EC4ED #C3DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#59A8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#59A8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8E5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8E5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ed',
    500: '#59a8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8e5;
$custom-light: #94c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70678,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.35786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8E5

secondary

#E6CAB3

accent

#6610D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8E5

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

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