#59C6ED#59C6ED

#59C6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6ED
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -19.75, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 34.76, 235.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0805 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.113 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5939, 48.6224, 87.4028)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6ED #ED8059

analogous

#59EDCA #59C6ED #597CED

triadic

#59C6ED #ED59C6 #C6ED59

tetradic

#59C6ED #CA59ED #ED8059 #7CED59

square

#59C6ED #CA59ED #ED8059 #7CED59

split-complementary

#59C6ED #ED597C #EDCA59

monochromatic

#148DB8 #22B3E7 #59C6ED #90D9F3 #C7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#59C6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6ED

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6ED	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f3',
    500: '#59c6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6ed;
$custom-light: #96d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6ED

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#4109DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6ED

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

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