#59A8E6#59A8E6

#59A8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8E6
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -5.88, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 38.90, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0519 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.12 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4001, 35.8392, 80.0577)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8E6 #E69759

analogous

#59E6DE #59A8E6 #5961E6

triadic

#59A8E6 #E659A8 #A8E659

tetradic

#59A8E6 #DE59E6 #E69759 #61E659

square

#59A8E6 #DE59E6 #E69759 #61E659

split-complementary

#59A8E6 #E65961 #E6DE59

monochromatic

#1A6BAB #248CDE #59A8E6 #8EC4EE #C3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#59A8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#59A8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8E6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8E6	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ee',
    500: '#59a8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8e6;
$custom-light: #94c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.383,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8E6

secondary

#E7CAB4

accent

#6710D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8E6

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

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