#59B2E4#59B2E4

#59B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2E4
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -11.99, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 35.17, 250.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.063 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.112 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0385, 39.5627, 79.2263)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2E4 #E48B59

analogous

#59E4D1 #59B2E4 #596CE4

triadic

#59B2E4 #E459B2 #B2E459

tetradic

#59B2E4 #D159E4 #E48B59 #6CE459

square

#59B2E4 #D159E4 #E48B59 #6CE459

split-complementary

#59B2E4 #E4596C #E4D159

monochromatic

#1B75A7 #249ADB #59B2E4 #8ECAED #C2E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#59B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#59B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2E4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2E4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ec',
    500: '#59b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2e4;
$custom-light: #94c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2E4

secondary

#E6C5B3

accent

#5711D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2E4

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

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