#59ACD8#59ACD8

#59ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ACD8
RGB	rgb(89, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -12.46, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 32.37, 247.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0607 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.103 234)
XYZ	xyz(31.2623, 36.5838, 70.3663)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ACD8 #D88559

analogous

#59D8C4 #59ACD8 #596DD8

triadic

#59ACD8 #D859AC #ACD859

tetradic

#59ACD8 #C459D8 #D88559 #6DD859

square

#59ACD8 #C459D8 #D88559 #6DD859

split-complementary

#59ACD8 #D8596D #D8C459

monochromatic

#236D94 #2E91C5 #59ACD8 #8BC5E4 #BCDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#59ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#59ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ACD8

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ACD8	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)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4e4',
    500: '#59acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59acd8;
$custom-light: #92c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.36587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ACD8

secondary

#DFBFAE

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ACD8

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

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