#59AAE4#59AAE4

#59AAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AAE4
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -7.62, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 37.39, 258.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0546 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.116 242)
XYZ	xyz(32.4929, 36.4716, 78.7111)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AAE4 #E49359

analogous

#59E4D9 #59AAE4 #5965E4

triadic

#59AAE4 #E459AA #AAE459

tetradic

#59AAE4 #D959E4 #E49359 #65E459

square

#59AAE4 #D959E4 #E49359 #65E459

split-complementary

#59AAE4 #E45965 #E4D959

monochromatic

#1B6DA7 #248FDB #59AAE4 #8EC5ED #C2E0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#59AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#59AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AAE4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AAE4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3ec',
    500: '#59aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aae4;
$custom-light: #93c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.36475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AAE4

secondary

#E6C8B3

accent

#6311D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AAE4

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

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