#59ABE6#59ABE6

#59ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABE6
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -7.54, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 37.88, 258.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.055 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.118 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9603, 36.9596, 80.2445)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABE6 #E69459

analogous

#59E6DA #59ABE6 #5965E6

triadic

#59ABE6 #E659AB #ABE659

tetradic

#59ABE6 #DA59E6 #E69459 #65E659

square

#59ABE6 #DA59E6 #E69459 #65E659

split-complementary

#59ABE6 #E65965 #E6DA59

monochromatic

#1A6EAB #2490DE #59ABE6 #8EC6EE #C3E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#59ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#59ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABE6

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABE6	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3ee',
    500: '#59abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abe6;
$custom-light: #94c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABE6

secondary

#E7C9B4

accent

#6310D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABE6

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

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