#59C3EF#59C3EF

#59C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C3EF
RGB	rgb(89, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -17.59, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.54, 240.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0767 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.115 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2088, 47.3820, 88.7239)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C3EF #EF8559

analogous

#59EFD0 #59C3EF #5978EF

triadic

#59C3EF #EF59C3 #C3EF59

tetradic

#59C3EF #D059EF #EF8559 #78EF59

square

#59C3EF #D059EF #EF8559 #78EF59

split-complementary

#59C3EF #EF5978 #EFD059

monochromatic

#128ABC #21AFEA #59C3EF #91D7F4 #C9EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#59C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C3EF

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C3EF	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f4',
    500: '#59c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c3ef;
$custom-light: #96d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C3EF

secondary

#ECC7B8

accent

#4607DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C3EF

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

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