#59C7EE#59C7EE

#59C7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C7EE
RGB	rgb(89, 199, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -19.96, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 34.92, 235.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0812 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.114 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9697, 49.1396, 88.2508)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C7EE #EE8059

analogous

#59EECB #59C7EE #597DEE

triadic

#59C7EE #EE59C7 #C7EE59

tetradic

#59C7EE #CB59EE #EE8059 #7DEE59

square

#59C7EE #CB59EE #EE8059 #7DEE59

split-complementary

#59C7EE #EE597D #EECB59

monochromatic

#138EBA #21B4E8 #59C7EE #91DAF4 #C8ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#59C7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#59C7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C7EE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C7EE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 199, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f3',
    500: '#59c7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c7ee;
$custom-light: #96d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78096,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C7EE

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#4008DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C7EE

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

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