#59CAF0#59CAF0

#59CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.115 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAF0
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -20.89, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 35.17, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0835 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.115 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9622, 50.6519, 90.0392)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAF0 #F07F59

analogous

#59F0CA #59CAF0 #597FF0

triadic

#59CAF0 #F059CA #CAF059

tetradic

#59CAF0 #CA59F0 #F07F59 #7FF059

square

#59CAF0 #CA59F0 #F07F59 #7FF059

split-complementary

#59CAF0 #F0597F #F0CA59

monochromatic

#1192BD #21B8EB #59CAF0 #91DCF5 #C9EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#59CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#59CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAF0

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAF0	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.115 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daf5',
    500: '#59caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caf0;
$custom-light: #96daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78863,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAF0

secondary

#BC5431

accent

#3D06E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAF0

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

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