#59AAE5#59AAE5

#59AAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AAE5
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -7.31, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 37.80, 258.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0543 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.118 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6321, 36.5273, 79.4443)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AAE5 #E59459

analogous

#59E5DA #59AAE5 #5964E5

triadic

#59AAE5 #E559AA #AAE559

tetradic

#59AAE5 #DA59E5 #E59459 #64E559

square

#59AAE5 #DA59E5 #E59459 #64E559

split-complementary

#59AAE5 #E55964 #E5DA59

monochromatic

#1A6DA9 #248FDD #59AAE5 #8EC5ED #C3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#59AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#59AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AAE5

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AAE5	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ed',
    500: '#59aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aae5;
$custom-light: #94c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AAE5

secondary

#E6C9B3

accent

#6310D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AAE5

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

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