#59CEEB#59CEEB

#59CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.112 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CEEB
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -24.40, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 34.32, 224.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0895 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.112 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1804, 52.2603, 86.4982)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CEEB #EB7659

analogous

#59EBBF #59CEEB #5985EB

triadic

#59CEEB #EB59CE #CEEB59

tetradic

#59CEEB #BF59EB #EB7659 #85EB59

square

#59CEEB #BF59EB #EB7659 #85EB59

split-complementary

#59CEEB #EB5985 #EBBF59

monochromatic

#1694B4 #22BEE4 #59CEEB #90DEF2 #C6EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#59CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#59CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CEEB

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CEEB	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.112 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddf1',
    500: '#59ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ceeb;
$custom-light: #96ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79581,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CEEB

secondary

#B44E34

accent

#340BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CEEB

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

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