#59ABDF#59ABDF

#59ABDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABDF
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -9.75, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 35.12, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0573 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.111 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9970, 36.5743, 75.1710)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABDF #DF8D59

analogous

#59DFD0 #59ABDF #5968DF

triadic

#59ABDF #DF59AB #ABDF59

tetradic

#59ABDF #D059DF #DF8D59 #68DF59

square

#59ABDF #D059DF #DF8D59 #68DF59

split-complementary

#59ABDF #DF5968 #DFD059

monochromatic

#1F6D9F #2990D2 #59ABDF #8CC5E9 #C0DFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#59ABDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#59ABDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABDF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABDF	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#93ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3e9',
    500: '#59abdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abdf;
$custom-light: #93c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABDF

secondary

#E3C4B1

accent

#5E16D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABDF

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

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