#59C3DC#59C3DC

#59C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.103 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C3DC
RGB	rgb(89, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -23.27, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 31.79, 222.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0838 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.103 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5480, 46.3177, 74.7104)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C3DC #DC7259

analogous

#59DCB3 #59C3DC #5982DC

triadic

#59C3DC #DC59C3 #C3DC59

tetradic

#59C3DC #B359DC #DC7259 #82DC59

square

#59C3DC #B359DC #DC7259 #82DC59

split-complementary

#59C3DC #DC5982 #DCB359

monochromatic

#20839A #2BAECD #59C3DC #8CD5E7 #BEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#59C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#59C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C3DC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C3DC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.103 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5e7',
    500: '#59c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c3dc;
$custom-light: #94d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76454,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C3DC

secondary

#E1B9AF

accent

#3B18CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C3DC

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

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