#59C8EE#59C8EE

#59C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8EE
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -20.47, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 34.86, 234.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0822 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.114 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2006, 49.6013, 88.3277)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8EE #EE7F59

analogous

#59EECA #59C8EE #597EEE

triadic

#59C8EE #EE59C8 #C8EE59

tetradic

#59C8EE #CA59EE #EE7F59 #7EEE59

square

#59C8EE #CA59EE #EE7F59 #7EEE59

split-complementary

#59C8EE #EE597E #EECA59

monochromatic

#138FBA #21B6E8 #59C8EE #91DAF4 #C8EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#59C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#59C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8EE

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8EE	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f3',
    500: '#59c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8ee;
$custom-light: #96d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78324,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8EE

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#3E08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8EE

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

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