#59B1E5#59B1E5

#59B1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B1E5
RGB	rgb(89, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -11.13, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 35.77, 251.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0616 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.113 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9794, 39.2219, 79.8934)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B1E5 #E58D59

analogous

#59E5D3 #59B1E5 #596BE5

triadic

#59B1E5 #E559B1 #B1E559

tetradic

#59B1E5 #D359E5 #E58D59 #6BE559

square

#59B1E5 #D359E5 #E58D59 #6BE559

split-complementary

#59B1E5 #E5596B #E5D359

monochromatic

#1A74A9 #2498DD #59B1E5 #8ECAED #C3E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#59B1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#59B1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B1E5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B1E5	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8ed',
    500: '#59b1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b1e5;
$custom-light: #94c8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B1E5

secondary

#E6C6B3

accent

#5910D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B1E5

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

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