#59A9DC#59A9DC

#59A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9DC
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -9.59, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 34.52, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0561 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.109 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2212, 35.6641, 72.9348)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9DC #DC8C59

analogous

#59DCCE #59A9DC #5967DC

triadic

#59A9DC #DC59A9 #A9DC59

tetradic

#59A9DC #CE59DC #DC8C59 #67DC59

square

#59A9DC #CE59DC #DC8C59 #67DC59

split-complementary

#59A9DC #DC5967 #DCCE59

monochromatic

#206B9A #2B8ECD #59A9DC #8CC3E7 #BEDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#59A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#59A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9DC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9DC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2e7',
    500: '#59a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9dc;
$custom-light: #92c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9DC

secondary

#E1C3AF

accent

#5F18CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9DC

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

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