#59C8EC#59C8EC

#59C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8EC
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -21.07, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 34.44, 232.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0829 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.112 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9084, 49.4844, 86.7889)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8EC #EC7D59

analogous

#59ECC6 #59C8EC #597EEC

triadic

#59C8EC #EC59C8 #C8EC59

tetradic

#59C8EC #C659EC #EC7D59 #7EEC59

square

#59C8EC #C659EC #EC7D59 #7EEC59

split-complementary

#59C8EC #EC597E #ECC659

monochromatic

#158EB6 #22B6E6 #59C8EC #90DAF2 #C7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#59C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#59C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8EC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8EC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f2',
    500: '#59c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8ec;
$custom-light: #96d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8EC

secondary

#EAC3B6

accent

#3D0ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8EC

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

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