#59AAE6#59AAE6

#59AAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AAE6
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -6.99, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 38.21, 259.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.054 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.119 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7721, 36.5833, 80.1818)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AAE6 #E69559

analogous

#59E6DC #59AAE6 #5963E6

triadic

#59AAE6 #E659AA #AAE659

tetradic

#59AAE6 #DC59E6 #E69559 #63E659

square

#59AAE6 #DC59E6 #E69559 #63E659

split-complementary

#59AAE6 #E65963 #E6DC59

monochromatic

#1A6DAB #248FDE #59AAE6 #8EC5EE #C3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#59AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#59AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AAE6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AAE6	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ee',
    500: '#59aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aae6;
$custom-light: #94c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AAE6

secondary

#E7CAB4

accent

#6410D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AAE6

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

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