#59CAF2#59CAF2

#59CAF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAF2
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -20.29, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 35.61, 235.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0828 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.116 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2610, 50.7714, 91.6125)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAF2 #F28159

analogous

#59F2CD #59CAF2 #597EF2

triadic

#59CAF2 #F259CA #CAF259

tetradic

#59CAF2 #CD59F2 #F28159 #7EF259

square

#59CAF2 #CD59F2 #F28159 #7EF259

split-complementary

#59CAF2 #F2597E #F2CD59

monochromatic

#0F93C1 #20B8EE #59CAF2 #92DCF6 #CBEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#59CAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#59CAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAF2

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAF2	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf6',
    500: '#59caf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caf2;
$custom-light: #97daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAF2

secondary

#BF5530

accent

#3E04E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAF2

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

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