#59B2EA#59B2EA

#59B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2EA
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -10.11, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 37.36, 254.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.061 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.118 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8859, 39.9017, 83.6893)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2EA #EA9159

analogous

#59EAD9 #59B2EA #5969EA

triadic

#59B2EA #EA59B2 #B2EA59

tetradic

#59B2EA #D959EA #EA9159 #69EA59

square

#59B2EA #D959EA #EA9159 #69EA59

split-complementary

#59B2EA #EA5969 #EAD959

monochromatic

#1776B2 #2399E3 #59B2EA #8FCBF1 #C6E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#59B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#59B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2EA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2EA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8f1',
    500: '#59b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2ea;
$custom-light: #94c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.172,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2EA

secondary

#E9CAB6

accent

#5B0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2EA

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

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