#59C4EB#59C4EB

#59C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4EB
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -19.32, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 34.45, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0792 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.112 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8492, 47.5979, 85.7211)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4EB #EB8059

analogous

#59EBC9 #59C4EB #597BEB

triadic

#59C4EB #EB59C4 #C4EB59

tetradic

#59C4EB #C959EB #EB8059 #7BEB59

square

#59C4EB #C959EB #EB8059 #7BEB59

split-complementary

#59C4EB #EB597B #EBC959

monochromatic

#168AB4 #22B1E4 #59C4EB #90D7F2 #C6EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#59C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4EB

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4EB	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f1',
    500: '#59c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4eb;
$custom-light: #95d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4EB

secondary

#EAC4B6

accent

#420BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4EB

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

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