#59AEE9#59AEE9

#59AEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AEE9
RGB	rgb(89, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -8.24, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 38.15, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0572 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.119 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9583, 38.2758, 82.6734)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AEE9 #E99459

analogous

#59E9DC #59AEE9 #5966E9

triadic

#59AEE9 #E959AE #AEE959

tetradic

#59AEE9 #DC59E9 #E99459 #66E959

square

#59AEE9 #DC59E9 #E99459 #66E959

split-complementary

#59AEE9 #E95966 #E9DC59

monochromatic

#1772B0 #2394E2 #59AEE9 #8FC8F0 #C5E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#59AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AEE9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AEE9	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6f0',
    500: '#59aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aee9;
$custom-light: #94c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AEE9

secondary

#E9CAB5

accent

#600DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AEE9

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

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