#59A9E8#59A9E8

#59A9E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.122 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9E8
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -5.80, -38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 39.40, 261.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0523 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.122 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8679, 36.3228, 81.6072)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9E8 #E89859

analogous

#59E8E0 #59A9E8 #5961E8

triadic

#59A9E8 #E859A9 #A9E859

tetradic

#59A9E8 #E059E8 #E89859 #61E859

square

#59A9E8 #E059E8 #E89859 #61E859

split-complementary

#59A9E8 #E85961 #E8E059

monochromatic

#186CAE #238DE1 #59A9E8 #8FC5EF #C5E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#59A9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#59A9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9E8

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9E8	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.122 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2ef',
    500: '#59a9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9e8;
$custom-light: #94c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.434,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9E8

secondary

#E8CBB5

accent

#670ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9E8

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

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