#59C8EB#59C8EB

#59C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8EB
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -21.37, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 34.25, 231.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0833 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.112 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7635, 49.4264, 86.0258)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8EB #EB7C59

analogous

#59EBC5 #59C8EB #597FEB

triadic

#59C8EB #EB59C8 #C8EB59

tetradic

#59C8EB #C559EB #EB7C59 #7FEB59

square

#59C8EB #C559EB #EB7C59 #7FEB59

split-complementary

#59C8EB #EB597F #EBC559

monochromatic

#168EB4 #22B6E4 #59C8EB #90DAF2 #C6ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#59C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#59C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8EB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8EB	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f1',
    500: '#59c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8eb;
$custom-light: #96d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8EB

secondary

#EAC2B6

accent

#3D0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8EB

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

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