#59A9DB#59A9DB

#59A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9DB
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -9.90, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 34.14, 253.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0565 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.108 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0892, 35.6113, 72.2394)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9DB #DB8B59

analogous

#59DBCC #59A9DB #5968DB

triadic

#59A9DB #DB59A9 #A9DB59

tetradic

#59A9DB #CC59DB #DB8B59 #68DB59

square

#59A9DB #CC59DB #DB8B59 #68DB59

split-complementary

#59A9DB #DB5968 #DBCC59

monochromatic

#216B99 #2C8ECB #59A9DB #8BC3E6 #BEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#59A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#59A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9DB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9DB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2e6',
    500: '#59a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9db;
$custom-light: #92c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9DB

secondary

#E1C2AF

accent

#5E19CC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9DB

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

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