#59ADD9#59ADD9

#59ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.104 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ADD9
RGB	rgb(89, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -12.69, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 32.50, 247.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0615 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.104 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5830, 37.0177, 71.1129)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ADD9 #D98559

analogous

#59D9C5 #59ADD9 #596DD9

triadic

#59ADD9 #D959AD #ADD959

tetradic

#59ADD9 #C559D9 #D98559 #6DD959

square

#59ADD9 #C559D9 #D98559 #6DD959

split-complementary

#59ADD9 #D9596D #D9C559

monochromatic

#226E95 #2E92C7 #59ADD9 #8BC6E4 #BDDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#59ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#59ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ADD9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ADD9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.104 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c5e5',
    500: '#59add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59add9;
$custom-light: #92c5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ADD9

secondary

#E0BFAE

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ADD9

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

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