#59ABE5#59ABE5

#59ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59ABE5
RGBrgb(89, 171, 229)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.20, -7.86, -36.64)
CIE-LCHlch(67.20, 37.48, 257.90°)
OKLaboklab(71.35% -0.0553 -0.1029)
OKLCHoklch(71.35% 0.117 241.7)
XYZxyz(32.8203, 36.9036, 79.5070)
Luminance0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59ABE5 #E59359
analogous
#59E5D9 #59ABE5 #5965E5
triadic
#59ABE5 #E559AB #ABE559
tetradic
#59ABE5 #D959E5 #E59359 #65E559
square
#59ABE5 #D959E5 #E59359 #65E559
split-complementary
#59ABE5 #E55965 #E5D959
monochromatic
#1A6EA9 #2490DD #59ABE5 #8EC6ED #C3E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#59ABE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#59ABE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABE5
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59ABE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59ABE51.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91ABE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E9DE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 241.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ed',
    500: '#59abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59abe5;
$custom-light: #94c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59ABE5
secondary
#E6C9B3
accent
#6210D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABE5

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#59ABE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva