#59C6EE#59C6EE

#59C6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6EE
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -19.45, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 34.99, 236.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0802 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.114 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7404, 48.6810, 88.1744)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6EE #EE8159

analogous

#59EECB #59C6EE #597CEE

triadic

#59C6EE #EE59C6 #C6EE59

tetradic

#59C6EE #CB59EE #EE8159 #7CEE59

square

#59C6EE #CB59EE #EE8159 #7CEE59

split-complementary

#59C6EE #EE597C #EECB59

monochromatic

#138DBA #21B3E8 #59C6EE #91D9F4 #C8ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#59C6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6EE

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6EE	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f3',
    500: '#59c6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6ee;
$custom-light: #96d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6EE

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#4108DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6EE

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

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