#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
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -11.67, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.52, 250.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0626 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.113 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1777, 39.6184, 79.9595)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##59B2E5	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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