#59CDFA#59CDFA

#59CDFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.121 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CDFA
RGB	rgb(89, 205, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -19.40, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 37.23, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0829 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.122 227)
XYZ	xyz(43.1996, 52.6840, 98.3163)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#59CDFA #FA8659

analogous

#59FAD6 #59CDFA #597DFA

triadic

#59CDFA #FA59CD #CDFA59

tetradic

#59CDFA #D659FA #FA8659 #7DFA59

square

#59CDFA #D659FA #FA8659 #7DFA59

split-complementary

#59CDFA #FA597D #FAD659

monochromatic

#0699D2 #1EBBF8 #59CDFA #94DFFC #D0F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#59CDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#59CDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CDFA

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CDFA	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 205, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.121 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98dcfc',
    500: '#59cdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cdfa;
$custom-light: #98dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.77,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7996,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.52689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CDFA

secondary

#CD582A

accent

#4000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CDFA

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

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