#59AFDC#59AFDC

#59AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AFDC
RGB	rgb(89, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -12.85, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 33.10, 247.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0626 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.106 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3631, 37.9480, 73.3154)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AFDC #DC8659

analogous

#59DCC8 #59AFDC #596DDC

triadic

#59AFDC #DC59AF #AFDC59

tetradic

#59AFDC #C859DC #DC8659 #6DDC59

square

#59AFDC #C859DC #DC8659 #6DDC59

split-complementary

#59AFDC #DC596D #DCC859

monochromatic

#20709A #2B95CD #59AFDC #8CC7E7 #BEE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#59AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#59AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFDC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AFDC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e7',
    500: '#59afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59afdc;
$custom-light: #93c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AFDC

secondary

#E1C1AF

accent

#5718CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AFDC

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

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