#59CAE6#59CAE6

#59CAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.109 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAE6
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 230)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -23.86, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 33.47, 224.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0873 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.109 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5175, 50.0740, 82.4302)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAE6 #E67559

analogous

#59E6BC #59CAE6 #5983E6

triadic

#59CAE6 #E659CA #CAE659

tetradic

#59CAE6 #BC59E6 #E67559 #83E659

square

#59CAE6 #BC59E6 #E67559 #83E659

split-complementary

#59CAE6 #E65983 #E6BC59

monochromatic

#1A8EAB #24B9DE #59CAE6 #8EDBEE #C3ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#59CAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#59CAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAE6

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAE6	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.109 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95daee',
    500: '#59cae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cae6;
$custom-light: #95daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.915,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78463,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAE6

secondary

#AC4E37

accent

#3710D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAE6

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

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