#59CAEF#59CAEF

#59CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAEF
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -21.19, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 34.97, 232.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0839 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.114 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8141, 50.5926, 89.2590)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAEF #EF7E59

analogous

#59EFC9 #59CAEF #597FEF

triadic

#59CAEF #EF59CA #CAEF59

tetradic

#59CAEF #C959EF #EF7E59 #7FEF59

square

#59CAEF #C959EF #EF7E59 #7FEF59

split-complementary

#59CAEF #EF597F #EFC959

monochromatic

#1292BC #21B8EA #59CAEF #91DCF4 #C9EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#59CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#59CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAEF

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAEF	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daf4',
    500: '#59caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caef;
$custom-light: #96daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78822,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAEF

secondary

#BA5432

accent

#3C07DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAEF

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

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