#59C8EF#59C8EF

#59C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8EF
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -20.17, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 35.07, 234.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0818 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.114 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3479, 49.6602, 89.1036)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8EF #EF8059

analogous

#59EFCB #59C8EF #597DEF

triadic

#59C8EF #EF59C8 #C8EF59

tetradic

#59C8EF #CB59EF #EF8059 #7DEF59

square

#59C8EF #CB59EF #EF8059 #7DEF59

split-complementary

#59C8EF #EF597D #EFCB59

monochromatic

#128FBC #21B6EA #59C8EF #91DAF4 #C9EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#59C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#59C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8EF

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8EF	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f4',
    500: '#59c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8ef;
$custom-light: #96d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78365,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8EF

secondary

#ECC5B8

accent

#3F07DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8EF

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