#59B4E5#59B4E5

#59B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59B4E5
RGBrgb(89, 180, 229)
HSLhsl(201, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(201, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.77, -12.75, -32.67)
CIE-LCHlch(69.77, 35.07, 248.68°)
OKLaboklab(73.38% -0.0647 -0.0914)
OKLCHoklch(73.38% 0.112 234.7)
XYZxyz(34.5785, 40.4201, 80.0931)
Luminance0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59B4E5 #E58A59
analogous
#59E5D0 #59B4E5 #596EE5
triadic
#59B4E5 #E559B4 #B4E559
tetradic
#59B4E5 #D059E5 #E58A59 #6EE559
square
#59B4E5 #D059E5 #E58A59 #6EE559
split-complementary
#59B4E5 #E5596E #E5D059
monochromatic
#1A77A9 #249CDD #59B4E5 #8ECCED #C3E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#59B4E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#59B4E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4E5
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59B4E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59B4E51.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB3E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A4E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 234.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caed',
    500: '#59b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59b4e5;
$custom-light: #94caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59B4E5
secondary
#E6C5B3
accent
#5510D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4E5

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#59B4E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva