#59B5E7#59B5E7

#59B5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5E7
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -12.67, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 35.53, 249.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0651 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.113 235)
XYZ	xyz(35.0620, 40.9376, 81.6398)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5E7 #E78B59

analogous

#59E7D2 #59B5E7 #596EE7

triadic

#59B5E7 #E759B5 #B5E759

tetradic

#59B5E7 #D259E7 #E78B59 #6EE759

square

#59B5E7 #D259E7 #E78B59 #6EE759

split-complementary

#59B5E7 #E7596E #E7D259

monochromatic

#1979AD #249DDF #59B5E7 #8ECDEF #C4E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#59B5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5E7

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5E7	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbee',
    500: '#59b5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5e7;
$custom-light: #94cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.40941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5E7

secondary

#E8C6B4

accent

#550FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5E7

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

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