#59CDF5#59CDF5

#59CDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CDF5
RGB	rgb(89, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(195, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -20.91, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 36.07, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0847 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.118 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4260, 52.3746, 94.2419)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CDF5 #F58159

analogous

#59F5CF #59CDF5 #597FF5

triadic

#59CDF5 #F559CD #CDF559

tetradic

#59CDF5 #CF59F5 #F58159 #7FF559

square

#59CDF5 #CF59F5 #F58159 #7FF559

split-complementary

#59CDF5 #F5597F #F5CF59

monochromatic

#0C97C8 #1FBCF2 #59CDF5 #93DEF8 #CCF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#59CDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#59CDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CDF5

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CDF5	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dcf8',
    500: '#59cdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cdf5;
$custom-light: #97dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79752,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CDF5

secondary

#C4542E

accent

#3B00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CDF5

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

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