#59AFE6#59AFE6

#59AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AFE6
RGB	rgb(89, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -9.73, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 36.67, 254.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0592 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.116 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7273, 38.4937, 80.5002)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AFE6 #E69059

analogous

#59E6D6 #59AFE6 #5969E6

triadic

#59AFE6 #E659AF #AFE659

tetradic

#59AFE6 #D659E6 #E69059 #69E659

square

#59AFE6 #D659E6 #E69059 #69E659

split-complementary

#59AFE6 #E65969 #E6D659

monochromatic

#1A72AB #2495DE #59AFE6 #8EC9EE #C3E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#59AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#59AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFE6

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AFE6	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ee',
    500: '#59afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59afe6;
$custom-light: #94c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.404,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72297,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AFE6

secondary

#E7C8B4

accent

#5D10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AFE6

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

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