#59B2E5#59B2E5

#59B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B2E5
RGBrgb(89, 178, 229)
HSLhsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.20, -11.67, -33.55)
CIE-LCHlch(69.20, 35.52, 250.81°)
OKLaboklab(72.93% -0.0626 -0.094)
OKLCHoklch(72.93% 0.113 236.3)
XYZxyz(34.1777, 39.6184, 79.9595)
Luminance0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B2E5 #E58C59
analogous
#59E5D2 #59B2E5 #596CE5
triadic
#59B2E5 #E559B2 #B2E559
tetradic
#59B2E5 #D259E5 #E58C59 #6CE559
square
#59B2E5 #D259E5 #E58C59 #6CE559
split-complementary
#59B2E5 #E5596C #E5D259
monochromatic
#1A75A9 #2499DD #59B2E5 #8ECBED #C3E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#59B2E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#59B2E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2E5
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B2E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B2E51.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB1E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A3E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 236.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ed',
    500: '#59b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b2e5;
$custom-light: #94c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B2E5
secondary
#E6C6B3
accent
#5810D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2E5

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#59B2E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva