#59A8E9#59A8E9

#59A8E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8E9
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -4.92, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 40.20, 262.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.051 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.123 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8250, 36.0091, 82.2956)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8E9 #E99A59

analogous

#59E9E2 #59A8E9 #5960E9

triadic

#59A8E9 #E959A8 #A8E959

tetradic

#59A8E9 #E259E9 #E99A59 #60E959

square

#59A8E9 #E259E9 #E99A59 #60E959

split-complementary

#59A8E9 #E95960 #E9E259

monochromatic

#176BB0 #238CE2 #59A8E9 #8FC4F0 #C5E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#59A8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#59A8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8E9

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8E9	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1f0',
    500: '#59a8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8e9;
$custom-light: #94c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8E9

secondary

#E9CCB5

accent

#690DD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8E9

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

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