#59B5E4#59B5E4

#59B5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5E4
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -13.60, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 34.53, 246.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0661 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.111 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6419, 40.7696, 79.4274)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5E4 #E48859

analogous

#59E4CE #59B5E4 #596FE4

triadic

#59B5E4 #E459B5 #B5E459

tetradic

#59B5E4 #CE59E4 #E48859 #6FE459

square

#59B5E4 #CE59E4 #E48859 #6FE459

split-complementary

#59B5E4 #E4596F #E4CE59

monochromatic

#1B78A7 #249EDB #59B5E4 #8ECCED #C2E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#59B5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5E4

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5E4	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbec',
    500: '#59b5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5e4;
$custom-light: #94cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5E4

secondary

#E6C4B3

accent

#5311D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5E4

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

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