#59C8E8#59C8E8

#59C8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.110 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8E8
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -22.27, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 33.71, 228.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0844 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.11 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3337, 49.2545, 83.7624)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8E8 #E87959

analogous

#59E8C1 #59C8E8 #5980E8

triadic

#59C8E8 #E859C8 #C8E859

tetradic

#59C8E8 #C159E8 #E87959 #80E859

square

#59C8E8 #C159E8 #E87959 #80E859

split-complementary

#59C8E8 #E85980 #E8C159

monochromatic

#188DAE #23B6E1 #59C8E8 #8FDAEF #C5ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#59C8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#59C8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8E8

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8E8	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.110 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9ef',
    500: '#59c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8e8;
$custom-light: #95d9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78082,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8E8

secondary

#E8C0B5

accent

#3B0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8E8

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

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