#59C4E4#59C4E4

#59C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4E4
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -21.42, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 33.02, 229.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0818 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.108 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8577, 47.2013, 80.4994)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4E4 #E47959

analogous

#59E4BF #59C4E4 #597FE4

triadic

#59C4E4 #E459C4 #C4E459

tetradic

#59C4E4 #BF59E4 #E47959 #7FE459

square

#59C4E4 #BF59E4 #E47959 #7FE459

split-complementary

#59C4E4 #E4597F #E4BF59

monochromatic

#1B87A7 #24B1DB #59C4E4 #8ED7ED #C2E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#59C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#59C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4E4

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4E4	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6ec',
    500: '#59c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4e4;
$custom-light: #95d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4E4

secondary

#E6BFB3

accent

#3E11D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4E4

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

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