#59C4DD#59C4DD

#59C4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.104 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4DD
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -23.48, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 31.98, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0845 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.104 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9056, 46.8204, 75.4849)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4DD #DD7259

analogous

#59DDB4 #59C4DD #5982DD

triadic

#59C4DD #DD59C4 #C4DD59

tetradic

#59C4DD #B459DD #DD7259 #82DD59

square

#59C4DD #B459DD #DD7259 #82DD59

split-complementary

#59C4DD #DD5982 #DDB459

monochromatic

#20849C #2AAFCF #59C4DD #8CD6E7 #BFE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#59C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#59C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4DD

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4DD	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.104 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6e7',
    500: '#59c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4dd;
$custom-light: #94d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76725,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4DD

secondary

#E2B9B0

accent

#3A18CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4DD

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

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