#59C5E1#59C5E1

#59C5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5E1
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -22.82, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 32.56, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.084 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.106 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6712, 47.4888, 78.4005)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5E1 #E17559

analogous

#59E1B9 #59C5E1 #5981E1

triadic

#59C5E1 #E159C5 #C5E159

tetradic

#59C5E1 #B959E1 #E17559 #81E159

square

#59C5E1 #B959E1 #E17559 #81E159

split-complementary

#59C5E1 #E15981 #E1B959

monochromatic

#1D87A2 #27B2D6 #59C5E1 #8DD7EA #C1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#59C5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5E1

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5E1	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6ea',
    500: '#59c5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5e1;
$custom-light: #94d6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77113,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5E1

secondary

#E4BCB2

accent

#3B14D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5E1

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

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