#59C0EE#59C0EE

#59C0EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C0EE
RGB	rgb(89, 192, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -16.33, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 35.68, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.074 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.116 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3960, 45.9922, 87.7262)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C0EE #EE8759

analogous

#59EED1 #59C0EE #5976EE

triadic

#59C0EE #EE59C0 #C0EE59

tetradic

#59C0EE #D159EE #EE8759 #76EE59

square

#59C0EE #D159EE #EE8759 #76EE59

split-complementary

#59C0EE #EE5976 #EED159

monochromatic

#1386BA #21ABE8 #59C0EE #91D5F4 #C8EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#59C0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#59C0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C0EE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C0EE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 192, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d3f3',
    500: '#59c0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c0ee;
$custom-light: #96d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76501,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C0EE

secondary

#EBC7B7

accent

#4A08DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C0EE

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

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