#59C4EA#59C4EA

#59C4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4EA
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -19.63, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 34.22, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0796 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.112 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7051, 47.5402, 84.9623)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4EA #EA7F59

analogous

#59EAC7 #59C4EA #597BEA

triadic

#59C4EA #EA59C4 #C4EA59

tetradic

#59C4EA #C759EA #EA7F59 #7BEA59

square

#59C4EA #C759EA #EA7F59 #7BEA59

split-complementary

#59C4EA #EA597B #EAC759

monochromatic

#1789B2 #23B1E3 #59C4EA #8FD7F1 #C6EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#59C4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4EA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4EA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f0',
    500: '#59c4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4ea;
$custom-light: #95d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77245,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4EA

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#420CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4EA

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

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