#59A8EC#59A8EC

#59A8EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8EC
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -3.96, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 41.52, 264.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0501 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.127 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2572, 36.1820, 84.5718)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8EC #EC9D59

analogous

#59ECE6 #59A8EC #595EEC

triadic

#59A8EC #EC59A8 #A8EC59

tetradic

#59A8EC #E659EC #EC9D59 #5EEC59

square

#59A8EC #E659EC #EC9D59 #5EEC59

split-complementary

#59A8EC #EC595E #ECE659

monochromatic

#156BB6 #228BE6 #59A8EC #90C5F2 #C7E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#59A8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#59A8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8EC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8EC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1f2',
    500: '#59a8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8ec;
$custom-light: #94c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8EC

secondary

#EACEB6

accent

#6B0ADC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8EC

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

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