#59C5DE#59C5DE

#59C5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5DE
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -23.69, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 32.17, 222.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0851 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.104 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2656, 47.3265, 76.2641)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5DE #DE7259

analogous

#59DEB4 #59C5DE #5982DE

triadic

#59C5DE #DE59C5 #C5DE59

tetradic

#59C5DE #B459DE #DE7259 #82DE59

square

#59C5DE #B459DE #DE7259 #82DE59

split-complementary

#59C5DE #DE5982 #DEB459

monochromatic

#1F869D #29B1D0 #59C5DE #8CD7E8 #BFE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#59C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#59C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5DE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5DE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6e8',
    500: '#59c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5de;
$custom-light: #94d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5DE

secondary

#E2BAB0

accent

#3917CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5DE

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

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