#59C5EF#59C5EF

#59C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5EF
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -18.63, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 35.32, 238.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0788 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.115 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6599, 48.2842, 88.8743)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5EF #EF8359

analogous

#59EFCE #59C5EF #597AEF

triadic

#59C5EF #EF59C5 #C5EF59

tetradic

#59C5EF #CE59EF #EF8359 #7AEF59

square

#59C5EF #CE59EF #EF8359 #7AEF59

split-complementary

#59C5EF #EF597A #EFCE59

monochromatic

#128CBC #21B1EA #59C5EF #91D9F4 #C9ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#59C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#59C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5EF

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5EF	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f4',
    500: '#59c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5ef;
$custom-light: #96d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77681,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5EF

secondary

#ECC6B8

accent

#4307DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5EF

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

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