#59C5EB#59C5EB

#59C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5EB
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -19.84, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 34.38, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0802 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.112 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0755, 48.0505, 85.7965)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5EB #EB7F59

analogous

#59EBC8 #59C5EB #597CEB

triadic

#59C5EB #EB59C5 #C5EB59

tetradic

#59C5EB #C859EB #EB7F59 #7CEB59

square

#59C5EB #C859EB #EB7F59 #7CEB59

split-complementary

#59C5EB #EB597C #EBC859

monochromatic

#168BB4 #22B2E4 #59C5EB #90D8F2 #C6EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#59C5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#59C5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5EB

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5EB	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f1',
    500: '#59c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5eb;
$custom-light: #95d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77515,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5EB

secondary

#EAC3B6

accent

#410BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5EB

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

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