#59B5E5#59B5E5

#59B5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5E5
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -13.29, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.85, 247.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0658 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.112 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7811, 40.8253, 80.1606)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5E5 #E58959

analogous

#59E5CF #59B5E5 #596FE5

triadic

#59B5E5 #E559B5 #B5E559

tetradic

#59B5E5 #CF59E5 #E58959 #6FE559

square

#59B5E5 #CF59E5 #E58959 #6FE559

split-complementary

#59B5E5 #E5596F #E5CF59

monochromatic

#1A78A9 #249DDD #59B5E5 #8ECDED #C3E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#59B5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5E5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5E5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbed',
    500: '#59b5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5e5;
$custom-light: #94cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7361,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5E5

secondary

#E6C5B3

accent

#5410D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5E5

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

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