#59C5EC#59C5EC

#59C5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5EC
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -19.54, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 34.60, 235.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0799 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.113 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2204, 48.1084, 86.5595)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5EC #EC8059

analogous

#59ECC9 #59C5EC #597BEC

triadic

#59C5EC #EC59C5 #C5EC59

tetradic

#59C5EC #C959EC #EC8059 #7BEC59

square

#59C5EC #C959EC #EC8059 #7BEC59

split-complementary

#59C5EC #EC597B #ECC959

monochromatic

#158BB6 #22B2E6 #59C5EC #90D8F2 #C7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#59C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#59C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5EC

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5EC	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f2',
    500: '#59c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5ec;
$custom-light: #96d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5EC

secondary

#EAC4B6

accent

#410ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5EC

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

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