#59C2E5#59C2E5

#59C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.108 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C2E5
RGB	rgb(89, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -20.10, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 33.25, 232.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0793 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.108 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5488, 46.3608, 81.0832)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C2E5 #E57C59

analogous

#59E5C2 #59C2E5 #597CE5

triadic

#59C2E5 #E559C2 #C2E559

tetradic

#59C2E5 #C259E5 #E57C59 #7CE559

square

#59C2E5 #C259E5 #E57C59 #7CE559

split-complementary

#59C2E5 #E5597C #E5C259

monochromatic

#1A85A9 #24AFDD #59C2E5 #8ED5ED #C3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#59C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C2E5

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C2E5	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.108 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4ed',
    500: '#59c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c2e5;
$custom-light: #95d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76581,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C2E5

secondary

#E6C0B3

accent

#4210D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C2E5

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

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