#59ADE9#59ADE9

#59ADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ADE9
RGB	rgb(89, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -7.69, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 38.46, 258.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0561 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.12 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7658, 37.8909, 82.6092)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ADE9 #E99559

analogous

#59E9DD #59ADE9 #5965E9

triadic

#59ADE9 #E959AD #ADE959

tetradic

#59ADE9 #DD59E9 #E99559 #65E959

square

#59ADE9 #DD59E9 #E99559 #65E959

split-complementary

#59ADE9 #E95965 #E9DD59

monochromatic

#1771B0 #2392E2 #59ADE9 #8FC8F0 #C5E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#59ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#59ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ADE9

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ADE9	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c5f0',
    500: '#59ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ade9;
$custom-light: #94c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ADE9

secondary

#E9CBB5

accent

#620DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ADE9

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

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