#59AAE8#59AAE8

#59AAE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AAE8
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -6.35, -38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 39.05, 260.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0533 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.121 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0546, 36.6963, 81.6694)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AAE8 #E89759

analogous

#59E8DE #59AAE8 #5962E8

triadic

#59AAE8 #E859AA #AAE859

tetradic

#59AAE8 #DE59E8 #E89759 #62E859

square

#59AAE8 #DE59E8 #E89759 #62E859

split-complementary

#59AAE8 #E85962 #E8DE59

monochromatic

#186DAE #238EE1 #59AAE8 #8FC6EF #C5E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#59AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#59AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AAE8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AAE8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ef',
    500: '#59aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aae8;
$custom-light: #94c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.014,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71269,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AAE8

secondary

#E8CBB5

accent

#650ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AAE8

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

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