#59C9E8#59C9E8

#59C9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9E8
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -22.77, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 33.72, 227.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0855 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.11 219)
XYZ	xyz(39.5661, 49.7192, 83.8399)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9E8 #E87859

analogous

#59E8BF #59C9E8 #5981E8

triadic

#59C9E8 #E859C9 #C9E859

tetradic

#59C9E8 #BF59E8 #E87859 #81E859

square

#59C9E8 #BF59E8 #E87859 #81E859

split-complementary

#59C9E8 #E85981 #E8BF59

monochromatic

#188EAE #23B8E1 #59C9E8 #8FDAEF #C5ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#59C9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#59C9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9E8

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9E8	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9ef',
    500: '#59c9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9e8;
$custom-light: #95d9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.007,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78312,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.49723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9E8

secondary

#E8C0B5

accent

#390ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9E8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →