#59B2E7#59B2E7

#59B2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2E7
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -11.05, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 36.24, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.062 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.115 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4585, 39.7308, 81.4386)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2E7 #E78E59

analogous

#59E7D5 #59B2E7 #596BE7

triadic

#59B2E7 #E759B2 #B2E759

tetradic

#59B2E7 #D559E7 #E78E59 #6BE759

square

#59B2E7 #D559E7 #E78E59 #6BE759

split-complementary

#59B2E7 #E7596B #E7D559

monochromatic

#1976AD #2499DF #59B2E7 #8ECBEF #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#59B2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#59B2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2E7

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2E7	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ee',
    500: '#59b2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2e7;
$custom-light: #94c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.394,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7302,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2E7

secondary

#E8C7B4

accent

#590FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2E7

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

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