#59AEE8#59AEE8

#59AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AEE8
RGB	rgb(89, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -8.56, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 37.75, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0575 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.118 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8159, 38.2188, 81.9232)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AEE8 #E89359

analogous

#59E8DB #59AEE8 #5966E8

triadic

#59AEE8 #E859AE #AEE859

tetradic

#59AEE8 #DB59E8 #E89359 #66E859

square

#59AEE8 #DB59E8 #E89359 #66E859

split-complementary

#59AEE8 #E85966 #E8DB59

monochromatic

#1871AE #2394E1 #59AEE8 #8FC8EF #C5E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#59AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AEE8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AEE8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ef',
    500: '#59aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aee8;
$custom-light: #94c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.336,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AEE8

secondary

#E8CAB5

accent

#600ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AEE8

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

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