#59C9F2#59C9F2

#59C9F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9F2
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -19.78, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 35.68, 236.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0818 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.116 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0271, 50.3037, 91.5346)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9F2 #F28259

analogous

#59F2CE #59C9F2 #597DF2

triadic

#59C9F2 #F259C9 #C9F259

tetradic

#59C9F2 #CE59F2 #F28259 #7DF259

square

#59C9F2 #CE59F2 #F28259 #7DF259

split-complementary

#59C9F2 #F2597D #F2CE59

monochromatic

#0F92C1 #20B7EE #59C9F2 #92DBF6 #CBEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#59C9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#59C9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9F2

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9F2	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C5F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9f6',
    500: '#59c9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9f2;
$custom-light: #96d9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9F2

secondary

#BF5630

accent

#3F04E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9F2

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

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