#59C8E5#59C8E5

#59C8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.108 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59C8E5
RGBrgb(89, 200, 229)
HSLhsl(192, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(192, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.50, -23.15, -23.85)
CIE-LCHlch(75.50, 33.24, 225.85°)
OKLaboklab(77.96% -0.0856 -0.0663)
OKLCHoklch(77.96% 0.108 217.8)
XYZxyz(38.9112, 49.0856, 81.5374)
Luminance0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59C8E5 #E57659
analogous
#59E5BC #59C8E5 #5982E5
triadic
#59C8E5 #E559C8 #C8E559
tetradic
#59C8E5 #BC59E5 #E57659 #82E559
square
#59C8E5 #BC59E5 #E57659 #82E559
split-complementary
#59C8E5 #E55982 #E5BC59
monochromatic
#1A8CA9 #24B6DD #59C8E5 #8EDAED #C3EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#59C8E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82
#59C8E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8E5
10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59C8E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59C8E51.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5C3E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B3E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59c8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.108 217.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9ed',
    500: '#59c8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59c8e5;
$custom-light: #95d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59c8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59C8E5
secondary
#E6BEB3
accent
#3910D5
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#59C8E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva