#59ADE6#59ADE6

#59ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ADE6
RGB	rgb(89, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -8.64, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 37.26, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0571 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.117 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3409, 37.7209, 80.3714)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ADE6 #E69259

analogous

#59E6D8 #59ADE6 #5967E6

triadic

#59ADE6 #E659AD #ADE659

tetradic

#59ADE6 #D859E6 #E69259 #67E659

square

#59ADE6 #D859E6 #E69259 #67E659

split-complementary

#59ADE6 #E65967 #E6D859

monochromatic

#1A70AB #2493DE #59ADE6 #8EC7EE #C3E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#59ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#59ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ADE6

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ADE6	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c5ee',
    500: '#59ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ade6;
$custom-light: #94c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ADE6

secondary

#E7C8B4

accent

#6010D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ADE6

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

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