#59C6EF#59C6EF

#59C6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.115 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C6EF
RGB	rgb(89, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -19.14, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 35.23, 237.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0798 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.115 226)
XYZ	xyz(39.8877, 48.7399, 88.9502)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C6EF #EF8259

analogous

#59EFCD #59C6EF #597BEF

triadic

#59C6EF #EF59C6 #C6EF59

tetradic

#59C6EF #CD59EF #EF8259 #7BEF59

square

#59C6EF #CD59EF #EF8259 #7BEF59

split-complementary

#59C6EF #EF597B #EFCD59

monochromatic

#128DBC #21B3EA #59C6EF #91D9F4 #C9ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#59C6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#59C6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C6EF

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C6EF	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.115 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f4',
    500: '#59c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c6ef;
$custom-light: #96d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.48744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C6EF

secondary

#ECC6B8

accent

#4207DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C6EF

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

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