#59C8EA#59C8EA

#59C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8EA
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -21.67, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 34.06, 230.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0837 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.111 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6194, 49.3688, 85.2671)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8EA #EA7B59

analogous

#59EAC3 #59C8EA #597FEA

triadic

#59C8EA #EA59C8 #C8EA59

tetradic

#59C8EA #C359EA #EA7B59 #7FEA59

square

#59C8EA #C359EA #EA7B59 #7FEA59

split-complementary

#59C8EA #EA597F #EAC359

monochromatic

#178EB2 #23B6E3 #59C8EA #8FDAF1 #C6ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#59C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#59C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8EA

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8EA	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f0',
    500: '#59c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8ea;
$custom-light: #96d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8EA

secondary

#E9C2B6

accent

#3C0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8EA

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

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