#59B0E5#59B0E5

#59B0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0E5
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -10.59, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.03, 252.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0606 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.114 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7826, 38.8284, 79.8278)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0E5 #E58E59

analogous

#59E5D4 #59B0E5 #596AE5

triadic

#59B0E5 #E559B0 #B0E559

tetradic

#59B0E5 #D459E5 #E58E59 #6AE559

square

#59B0E5 #D459E5 #E58E59 #6AE559

split-complementary

#59B0E5 #E5596A #E5D459

monochromatic

#1A73A9 #2497DD #59B0E5 #8EC9ED #C3E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#59B0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#59B0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0E5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0E5	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7ed',
    500: '#59b0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0e5;
$custom-light: #94c7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0E5

secondary

#E6C7B3

accent

#5B10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0E5

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

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