#59C8F2#59C8F2

#59C8F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.117 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8F2
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -19.26, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 35.77, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0807 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.117 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7947, 49.8390, 91.4571)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8F2 #F28359

analogous

#59F2D0 #59C8F2 #597BF2

triadic

#59C8F2 #F259C8 #C8F259

tetradic

#59C8F2 #D059F2 #F28359 #7BF259

square

#59C8F2 #D059F2 #F28359 #7BF259

split-complementary

#59C8F2 #F2597B #F2D059

monochromatic

#0F91C1 #20B5EE #59C8F2 #92DBF6 #CBEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#59C8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#59C8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8F2

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8F2	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.117 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f6',
    500: '#59c8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8f2;
$custom-light: #96d8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7849,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8F2

secondary

#EDC8B9

accent

#4104E2

background

#FAFDFF

surface

#F3FAFE

border

#CDD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8F2

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

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