#59C4EF#59C4EF

#59C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C4EF
RGB	rgb(89, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -18.11, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 35.43, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0778 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.115 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4336, 47.8316, 88.7989)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C4EF #EF8459

analogous

#59EFCF #59C4EF #5979EF

triadic

#59C4EF #EF59C4 #C4EF59

tetradic

#59C4EF #CF59EF #EF8459 #79EF59

square

#59C4EF #CF59EF #EF8459 #79EF59

split-complementary

#59C4EF #EF5979 #EFCF59

monochromatic

#128BBC #21B0EA #59C4EF #91D8F4 #C9ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#59C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C4EF

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C4EF	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f4',
    500: '#59c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c4ef;
$custom-light: #96d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77453,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C4EF

secondary

#ECC7B8

accent

#4507DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C4EF

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