#59C6EC#59C6EC

#59C6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6EC
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -20.05, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 34.54, 234.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0809 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.113 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4482, 48.5641, 86.6355)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6EC #EC7F59

analogous

#59ECC8 #59C6EC #597CEC

triadic

#59C6EC #EC59C6 #C6EC59

tetradic

#59C6EC #C859EC #EC7F59 #7CEC59

square

#59C6EC #C859EC #EC7F59 #7CEC59

split-complementary

#59C6EC #EC597C #ECC859

monochromatic

#158CB6 #22B3E6 #59C6EC #90D9F2 #C7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#59C6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6EC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6EC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f2',
    500: '#59c6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6ec;
$custom-light: #96d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77785,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6EC

secondary

#EAC4B6

accent

#400ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6EC

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

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