#59ADD8#59ADD8

#59ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ADD8
RGB	rgb(89, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -13.00, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 32.17, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0618 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.103 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4533, 36.9659, 70.4300)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ADD8 #D88459

analogous

#59D8C4 #59ADD8 #596ED8

triadic

#59ADD8 #D859AD #ADD859

tetradic

#59ADD8 #C459D8 #D88459 #6ED859

square

#59ADD8 #C459D8 #D88459 #6ED859

split-complementary

#59ADD8 #D8596E #D8C459

monochromatic

#236E94 #2E92C5 #59ADD8 #8BC5E4 #BCDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#59ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#59ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ADD8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ADD8	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)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5e4',
    500: '#59add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59add8;
$custom-light: #92c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.315,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ADD8

secondary

#DFBEAE

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ADD8

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

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