#59CAEE#59CAEE

#59CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAEE
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -21.49, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 34.77, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0842 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.114 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6668, 50.5337, 88.4831)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAEE #EE7D59

analogous

#59EEC8 #59CAEE #5980EE

triadic

#59CAEE #EE59CA #CAEE59

tetradic

#59CAEE #C859EE #EE7D59 #80EE59

square

#59CAEE #C859EE #EE7D59 #80EE59

split-complementary

#59CAEE #EE5980 #EEC859

monochromatic

#1391BA #21B8E8 #59CAEE #91DCF4 #C8EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#59CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#59CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAEE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAEE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daf3',
    500: '#59caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caee;
$custom-light: #96daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78782,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAEE

secondary

#B95333

accent

#3B08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAEE

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

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