#59C5EA#59C5EA

#59C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5EA
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -20.14, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 34.16, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0806 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.111 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9314, 47.9929, 85.0378)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5EA #EA7E59

analogous

#59EAC6 #59C5EA #597CEA

triadic

#59C5EA #EA59C5 #C5EA59

tetradic

#59C5EA #C659EA #EA7E59 #7CEA59

square

#59C5EA #C659EA #EA7E59 #7CEA59

split-complementary

#59C5EA #EA597C #EAC659

monochromatic

#178AB2 #23B2E3 #59C5EA #8FD8F1 #C6EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#59C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#59C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5EA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5EA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f0',
    500: '#59c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5ea;
$custom-light: #95d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77474,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5EA

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#400CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5EA

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

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