#59C4EE#59C4EE

#59C4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4EE
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -18.42, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 35.17, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0781 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.114 227)
XYZ	xyz(39.2863, 47.7727, 88.0230)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4EE #EE8359

analogous

#59EECE #59C4EE #597AEE

triadic

#59C4EE #EE59C4 #C4EE59

tetradic

#59C4EE #CE59EE #EE8359 #7AEE59

square

#59C4EE #CE59EE #EE8359 #7AEE59

split-complementary

#59C4EE #EE597A #EECE59

monochromatic

#138BBA #21B0E8 #59C4EE #91D8F4 #C8EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#59C4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4EE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4EE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f3',
    500: '#59c4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4ee;
$custom-light: #96d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77411,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.47777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4EE

secondary

#EBC6B7

accent

#4408DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4EE

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

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