#59CDEB#59CDEB

#59CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.112 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CDEB
RGB	rgb(89, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -23.90, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 34.28, 225.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0884 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.112 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9405, 51.7804, 86.4182)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CDEB #EB7759

analogous

#59EBC0 #59CDEB #5984EB

triadic

#59CDEB #EB59CD #CDEB59

tetradic

#59CDEB #C059EB #EB7759 #84EB59

square

#59CDEB #C059EB #EB7759 #84EB59

split-complementary

#59CDEB #EB5984 #EBC059

monochromatic

#1693B4 #22BDE4 #59CDEB #90DDF2 #C6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#59CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#59CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CDEB

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CDEB	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.112 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcf1',
    500: '#59cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cdeb;
$custom-light: #96dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.329,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CDEB

secondary

#B44F34

accent

#350BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CDEB

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

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