#59C3EE#59C3EE

#59C3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C3EE
RGB	rgb(89, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -17.90, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 35.28, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0771 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.115 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0615, 47.3231, 87.9480)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C3EE #EE8459

analogous

#59EECE #59C3EE #5979EE

triadic

#59C3EE #EE59C3 #C3EE59

tetradic

#59C3EE #CE59EE #EE8459 #79EE59

square

#59C3EE #CE59EE #EE8459 #79EE59

split-complementary

#59C3EE #EE5979 #EECE59

monochromatic

#138ABA #21AFE8 #59C3EE #91D7F4 #C8EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#59C3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#59C3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C3EE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C3EE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f3',
    500: '#59c3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c3ee;
$custom-light: #96d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C3EE

secondary

#EBC6B7

accent

#4508DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C3EE

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

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