#59C4EC#59C4EC

#59C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4EC
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -19.02, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 34.68, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0788 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.113 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9941, 47.6558, 86.4841)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4EC #EC8159

analogous

#59ECCB #59C4EC #597AEC

triadic

#59C4EC #EC59C4 #C4EC59

tetradic

#59C4EC #CB59EC #EC8159 #7AEC59

square

#59C4EC #CB59EC #EC8159 #7AEC59

split-complementary

#59C4EC #EC597A #ECCB59

monochromatic

#158AB6 #22B0E6 #59C4EC #90D8F2 #C7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#59C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4EC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4EC	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f2',
    500: '#59c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4ec;
$custom-light: #96d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77328,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4EC

secondary

#EAC5B6

accent

#430ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4EC

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

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