#59C4E9#59C4E9

#59C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4E9
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -19.93, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 34.00, 234.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0799 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.111 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5619, 47.4829, 84.2079)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4E9 #E97E59

analogous

#59E9C6 #59C4E9 #597CE9

triadic

#59C4E9 #E959C4 #C4E959

tetradic

#59C4E9 #C659E9 #E97E59 #7CE959

square

#59C4E9 #C659E9 #E97E59 #7CE959

split-complementary

#59C4E9 #E9597C #E9C659

monochromatic

#1789B0 #23B1E2 #59C4E9 #8FD7F0 #C5EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#59C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4E9

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4E9	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f0',
    500: '#59c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4e9;
$custom-light: #95d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4E9

secondary

#E9C2B5

accent

#410DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4E9

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

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