#59C6EA#59C6EA

#59C6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.111 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6EA
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -20.65, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 34.12, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0816 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.111 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1593, 48.4485, 85.1137)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6EA #EA7D59

analogous

#59EAC6 #59C6EA #597DEA

triadic

#59C6EA #EA59C6 #C6EA59

tetradic

#59C6EA #C659EA #EA7D59 #7DEA59

square

#59C6EA #C659EA #EA7D59 #7DEA59

split-complementary

#59C6EA #EA597D #EAC659

monochromatic

#178BB2 #23B3E3 #59C6EA #8FD9F1 #C6EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#59C6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6EA

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6EA	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.111 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7f0',
    500: '#59c6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6ea;
$custom-light: #95d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6EA

secondary

#E9C2B6

accent

#3F0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6EA

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

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