#59A9DF#59A9DF

#59A9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9DF
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -8.65, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 35.69, 255.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0551 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.112 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6221, 35.8245, 75.0461)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9DF #DF8F59

analogous

#59DFD2 #59A9DF #5966DF

triadic

#59A9DF #DF59A9 #A9DF59

tetradic

#59A9DF #D259DF #DF8F59 #66DF59

square

#59A9DF #D259DF #DF8F59 #66DF59

split-complementary

#59A9DF #DF5966 #DFD259

monochromatic

#1F6B9F #298ED2 #59A9DF #8CC4E9 #C0DEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#59A9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#59A9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9DF

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9DF	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e9',
    500: '#59a9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9df;
$custom-light: #93c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9DF

secondary

#E3C5B1

accent

#6116D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9DF

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

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