#59AFD8#59AFD8

#59AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AFD8
RGB	rgb(89, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -14.07, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 31.82, 243.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.064 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.102 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8397, 37.7386, 70.5588)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AFD8 #D88259

analogous

#59D8C1 #59AFD8 #5970D8

triadic

#59AFD8 #D859AF #AFD859

tetradic

#59AFD8 #C159D8 #D88259 #70D859

square

#59AFD8 #C159D8 #D88259 #70D859

split-complementary

#59AFD8 #D85970 #D8C159

monochromatic

#236F94 #2E95C5 #59AFD8 #8BC7E4 #BCDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#59AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#59AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFD8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AFD8	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6e4',
    500: '#59afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59afd8;
$custom-light: #92c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AFD8

secondary

#DFBEAE

accent

#7743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AFD8

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

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