#59CAF5#59CAF5

#59CAF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.118 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CAF5
RGB	rgb(89, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(197, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -19.38, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 36.30, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0817 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.118 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7152, 50.9531, 94.0050)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CAF5 #F58459

analogous

#59F5D2 #59CAF5 #597CF5

triadic

#59CAF5 #F559CA #CAF559

tetradic

#59CAF5 #D259F5 #F58459 #7CF559

square

#59CAF5 #D259F5 #F58459 #7CF559

split-complementary

#59CAF5 #F5597C #F5D259

monochromatic

#0C94C8 #1FB8F2 #59CAF5 #93DCF8 #CCEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#59CAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#59CAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CAF5

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CAF5	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59caf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.118 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daf8',
    500: '#59caf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59caf5;
$custom-light: #97daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59caf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.538,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CAF5

secondary

#C4572E

accent

#3F00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CAF5

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

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