#59A9E9#59A9E9

#59A9E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59A9E9
RGBrgb(89, 169, 233)
HSLhsl(207, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(207, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.81, -5.48, -39.45)
CIE-LCHlch(66.81, 39.83, 262.10°)
OKLaboklab(71.09% -0.052 -0.1111)
OKLCHoklch(71.09% 0.123 244.9)
XYZxyz(33.0103, 36.3798, 82.3574)
Luminance0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59A9E9 #E99959
analogous
#59E9E1 #59A9E9 #5961E9
triadic
#59A9E9 #E959A9 #A9E959
tetradic
#59A9E9 #E159E9 #E99959 #61E959
square
#59A9E9 #E159E9 #E99959 #61E959
split-complementary
#59A9E9 #E95961 #E9E159
monochromatic
#176CB0 #238DE2 #59A9E9 #8FC5F0 #C5E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#59A9E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28
#59A9E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9E9
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59A9E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59A9E91.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DAAEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#799CE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59a9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 244.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2f0',
    500: '#59a9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59a9e9;
$custom-light: #94c2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59a9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59A9E9
secondary
#E9CCB5
accent
#670DD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#59A9E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva