#59C6EB#59C6EB

#59C6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.112 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6EB
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -20.35, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 34.32, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0813 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.112 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3033, 48.5061, 85.8725)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6EB #EB7E59

analogous

#59EBC7 #59C6EB #597DEB

triadic

#59C6EB #EB59C6 #C6EB59

tetradic

#59C6EB #C759EB #EB7E59 #7DEB59

square

#59C6EB #C759EB #EB7E59 #7DEB59

split-complementary

#59C6EB #EB597D #EBC759

monochromatic

#168CB4 #22B3E4 #59C6EB #90D9F2 #C6ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#59C6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6EB

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6EB	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.112 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f1',
    500: '#59c6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6eb;
$custom-light: #96d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77744,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6EB

secondary

#EAC3B6

accent

#3F0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6EB

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

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