#59CAF3#59CAF3

#59CAF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAF3
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 243)
HSL	hsl(196, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -19.99, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 35.83, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0824 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.117 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4116, 50.8316, 92.4057)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAF3 #F38259

analogous

#59F3CF #59CAF3 #597DF3

triadic

#59CAF3 #F359CA #CAF359

tetradic

#59CAF3 #CF59F3 #F38259 #7DF359

square

#59CAF3 #CF59F3 #F38259 #7DF359

split-complementary

#59CAF3 #F3597D #F3CF59

monochromatic

#0E93C3 #20B8EF #59CAF3 #92DCF7 #CBEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#59CAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#59CAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAF3

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAF3	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf7',
    500: '#59caf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caf3;
$custom-light: #97daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 86.517,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78987,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAF3

secondary

#C1562F

accent

#3E02E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAF3

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

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