#59C2E9#59C2E9

#59C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C2E9
RGB	rgb(89, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -18.90, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 34.14, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0779 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.111 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1138, 46.5867, 84.0585)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C2E9 #E98059

analogous

#59E9C8 #59C2E9 #597AE9

triadic

#59C2E9 #E959C2 #C2E959

tetradic

#59C2E9 #C859E9 #E98059 #7AE959

square

#59C2E9 #C859E9 #E98059 #7AE959

split-complementary

#59C2E9 #E9597A #E9C859

monochromatic

#1787B0 #23AEE2 #59C2E9 #8FD6F0 #C5EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#59C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C2E9

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C2E9	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d4f0',
    500: '#59c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c2e9;
$custom-light: #95d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C2E9

secondary

#E9C3B5

accent

#440DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C2E9

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

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