#59A8ED#59A8ED

#59A8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8ED
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -3.63, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 41.97, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0498 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.128 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4029, 36.2403, 85.3391)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8ED #ED9E59

analogous

#59EDE8 #59A8ED #595EED

triadic

#59A8ED #ED59A8 #A8ED59

tetradic

#59A8ED #E859ED #ED9E59 #5EED59

square

#59A8ED #E859ED #ED9E59 #5EED59

split-complementary

#59A8ED #ED595E #EDE859

monochromatic

#146BB8 #228BE7 #59A8ED #90C5F3 #C7E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#59A8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#59A8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8ED

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8ED	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c1f3',
    500: '#59a8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8ed;
$custom-light: #95c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.973,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71068,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8ED

secondary

#EBCFB7

accent

#6C09DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8ED

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

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