#59AFE3#59AFE3

#59AFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59AFE3
RGBrgb(89, 175, 227)
HSLhsl(203, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(60.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(68.26, -10.67, -33.91)
CIE-LCHlch(68.26, 35.55, 252.52°)
OKLaboklab(72.16% -0.0602 -0.095)
OKLCHoklch(72.16% 0.112 237.7)
XYZxyz(33.3097, 38.3266, 78.3005)
Luminance0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59AFE3 #E38D59
analogous
#59E3D2 #59AFE3 #596AE3
triadic
#59AFE3 #E359AF #AFE359
tetradic
#59AFE3 #D259E3 #E38D59 #6AE359
square
#59AFE3 #D259E3 #E38D59 #6AE359
split-complementary
#59AFE3 #E3596A #E3D259
monochromatic
#1C72A6 #2596DA #59AFE3 #8DC8EC #C2E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#59AFE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67
#59AFE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFE3
8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59AFE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59AFE31.002.428.678.67
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6721.001.001.00
##0000008.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97AEE5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84A0E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59afe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 237.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ec',
    500: '#59afe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59afe3;
$custom-light: #94c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59afe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59AFE3
secondary
#E5C6B2
accent
#5B12D3
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

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#59AFE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva