#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
RGBrgb(89, 170, 229)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.92, -7.31, -37.08)
CIE-LCHlch(66.92, 37.80, 258.85°)
OKLaboklab(71.13% -0.0543 -0.1042)
OKLCHoklch(71.13% 0.118 242.5)
XYZxyz(32.6321, 36.5273, 79.4443)
Luminance0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##59AAE51.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

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

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#59AAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva