#59B1E7#59B1E7

#59B1E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B1E7
RGBrgb(89, 177, 231)
HSLhsl(203, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.99, -10.51, -34.96)
CIE-LCHlch(68.99, 36.50, 253.27°)
OKLaboklab(72.79% -0.0609 -0.098)
OKLCHoklch(72.79% 0.115 238.1)
XYZxyz(34.2603, 39.3343, 81.3726)
Luminance0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B1E7 #E78F59
analogous
#59E7D6 #59B1E7 #596AE7
triadic
#59B1E7 #E759B1 #B1E759
tetradic
#59B1E7 #D659E7 #E78F59 #6AE759
square
#59B1E7 #D659E7 #E78F59 #6AE759
split-complementary
#59B1E7 #E7596A #E7D659
monochromatic
#1974AD #2498DF #59B1E7 #8ECAEF #C4E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#59B1E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#59B1E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B1E7
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B1E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B1E71.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98B0EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A2E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 177, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 238.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8ee',
    500: '#59b1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b1e7;
$custom-light: #94c8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B1E7
secondary
#E8C8B4
accent
#5B0FD7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B1E7

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#59B1E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva