#59C4ED#59C4ED

#59C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4ED
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -18.72, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 34.92, 237.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0785 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.114 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1398, 47.7141, 87.2514)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4ED #ED8259

analogous

#59EDCC #59C4ED #597AED

triadic

#59C4ED #ED59C4 #C4ED59

tetradic

#59C4ED #CC59ED #ED8259 #7AED59

square

#59C4ED #CC59ED #ED8259 #7AED59

split-complementary

#59C4ED #ED597A #EDCC59

monochromatic

#148AB8 #22B0E7 #59C4ED #90D8F3 #C7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#59C4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4ED

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4ED	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f3',
    500: '#59c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4ed;
$custom-light: #96d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77369,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4ED

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#4309DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4ED

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

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