#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
RGBrgb(89, 168, 230)
HSLhsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.3%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.40, -5.88, -38.45)
CIE-LCHlch(66.40, 38.90, 261.31°)
OKLaboklab(70.73% -0.0519 -0.1082)
OKLCHoklch(70.73% 0.12 244.4)
XYZxyz(32.4001, 35.8392, 80.0577)
Luminance0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##59A8E61.002.578.178.17
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1721.001.001.00
##0000008.1721.001.001.00

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

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#59A8E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva