#59CEE9#59CEE9

#59CEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CEE9
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -24.98, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 34.07, 222.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0902 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.111 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8931, 52.1454, 84.9850)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CEE9 #E97459

analogous

#59E9BC #59CEE9 #5986E9

triadic

#59CEE9 #E959CE #CEE959

tetradic

#59CEE9 #BC59E9 #E97459 #86E959

square

#59CEE9 #BC59E9 #E97459 #86E959

split-complementary

#59CEE9 #E95986 #E9BC59

monochromatic

#1794B0 #23BEE2 #59CEE9 #8FDEF0 #C5EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#59CEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#59CEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CEE9

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CEE9	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddf0',
    500: '#59cee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cee9;
$custom-light: #96ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79503,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CEE9

secondary

#B14D35

accent

#330DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CEE9

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

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