#59AFDE#59AFDE

#59AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AFDE
RGB	rgb(89, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -12.23, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 33.77, 248.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0619 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.108 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6296, 38.0546, 74.7188)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AFDE #DE8859

analogous

#59DECA #59AFDE #596CDE

triadic

#59AFDE #DE59AF #AFDE59

tetradic

#59AFDE #CA59DE #DE8859 #6CDE59

square

#59AFDE #CA59DE #DE8859 #6CDE59

split-complementary

#59AFDE #DE596C #DECA59

monochromatic

#1F719D #2995D0 #59AFDE #8CC8E8 #BFE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#59AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#59AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFDE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AFDE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6e8',
    500: '#59afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59afde;
$custom-light: #93c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AFDE

secondary

#E2C2B0

accent

#5817CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AFDE

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

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