#59CEFA#59CEFA

#59CEFA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.121 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CEFA
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -19.91, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 37.13, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0839 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.121 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4396, 53.1640, 98.3963)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CEFA #FA8559

analogous

#59FAD6 #59CEFA #597EFA

triadic

#59CEFA #FA59CE #CEFA59

tetradic

#59CEFA #D659FA #FA8559 #7EFA59

square

#59CEFA #D659FA #FA8559 #7EFA59

split-complementary

#59CEFA #FA597E #FAD659

monochromatic

#069BD2 #1EBCF8 #59CEFA #94E0FC #D0F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#59CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#59CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CEFA

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CEFA	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CAFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.121 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ddfc',
    500: '#59cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cefa;
$custom-light: #98ddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.398,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80187,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CEFA

secondary

#CD572A

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CEFA

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

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