#59A8E8#59A8E8

#59A8E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8E8
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -5.24, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 39.76, 262.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0513 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.122 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6825, 35.9521, 81.5454)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8E8 #E89959

analogous

#59E8E0 #59A8E8 #5960E8

triadic

#59A8E8 #E859A8 #A8E859

tetradic

#59A8E8 #E059E8 #E89959 #60E859

square

#59A8E8 #E059E8 #E89959 #60E859

split-complementary

#59A8E8 #E85960 #E8E059

monochromatic

#186BAE #238CE1 #59A8E8 #8FC4EF #C5E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#59A8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#59A8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8E8

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8E8	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1ef',
    500: '#59a8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8e8;
$custom-light: #94c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.853,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8E8

secondary

#E8CCB5

accent

#680ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8E8

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

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