#59CDEF#59CDEF

#59CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.114 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CDEF
RGB	rgb(89, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -22.71, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 34.90, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0869 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.114 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5248, 52.0141, 89.4959)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CDEF #EF7B59

analogous

#59EFC6 #59CDEF #5982EF

triadic

#59CDEF #EF59CD #CDEF59

tetradic

#59CDEF #C659EF #EF7B59 #82EF59

square

#59CDEF #C659EF #EF7B59 #82EF59

split-complementary

#59CDEF #EF5982 #EFC659

monochromatic

#1295BC #21BCEA #59CDEF #91DEF4 #C9EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#59CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#59CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CDEF

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CDEF	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.114 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcf4',
    500: '#59cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cdef;
$custom-light: #96dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CDEF

secondary

#BA5132

accent

#3807DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CDEF

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

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