#59B2E6#59B2E6

#59B2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2E6
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -11.36, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 35.88, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0623 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.114 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3177, 39.6744, 80.6970)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2E6 #E68D59

analogous

#59E6D4 #59B2E6 #596BE6

triadic

#59B2E6 #E659B2 #B2E659

tetradic

#59B2E6 #D459E6 #E68D59 #6BE659

square

#59B2E6 #D459E6 #E68D59 #6BE659

split-complementary

#59B2E6 #E6596B #E6D459

monochromatic

#1A75AB #2499DE #59B2E6 #8ECBEE #C3E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#59B2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#59B2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2E6

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2E6	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ee',
    500: '#59b2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2e6;
$custom-light: #94c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2E6

secondary

#E7C7B4

accent

#5910D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2E6

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

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