#59C2E8#59C2E8

#59C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C2E8
RGB	rgb(89, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -19.20, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 33.90, 235.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0782 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.11 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9713, 46.5297, 83.3083)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C2E8 #E87F59

analogous

#59E8C6 #59C2E8 #597AE8

triadic

#59C2E8 #E859C2 #C2E859

tetradic

#59C2E8 #C659E8 #E87F59 #7AE859

square

#59C2E8 #C659E8 #E87F59 #7AE859

split-complementary

#59C2E8 #E8597A #E8C659

monochromatic

#1887AE #23AEE1 #59C2E8 #8FD6EF #C5EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#59C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C2E8

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C2E8	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4ef',
    500: '#59c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c2e8;
$custom-light: #95d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C2E8

secondary

#E8C2B5

accent

#430ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C2E8

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

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