#59B8EA#59B8EA

#59B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8EA
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -13.34, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.89, 248.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0672 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.115 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1059, 42.3417, 84.0959)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8EA #EA8B59

analogous

#59EAD4 #59B8EA #596FEA

triadic

#59B8EA #EA59B8 #B8EA59

tetradic

#59B8EA #D459EA #EA8B59 #6FEA59

square

#59B8EA #D459EA #EA8B59 #6FEA59

split-complementary

#59B8EA #EA596F #EAD459

monochromatic

#177CB2 #23A1E3 #59B8EA #8FCFF1 #C6E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#59B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8EA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8EA	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdf1',
    500: '#59b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8ea;
$custom-light: #95cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8EA

secondary

#E9C7B6

accent

#530CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8EA

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

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