#59D3EE#59D3EE

#59D3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D3EE
RGB	rgb(89, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -26.00, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 34.98, 221.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0934 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.114 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8404, 54.8809, 89.2077)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D3EE #EE7459

analogous

#59EEBE #59D3EE #5989EE

triadic

#59D3EE #EE59D3 #D3EE59

tetradic

#59D3EE #BE59EE #EE7459 #89EE59

square

#59D3EE #BE59EE #EE7459 #89EE59

split-complementary

#59D3EE #EE5989 #EEBE59

monochromatic

#139BBA #21C4E8 #59D3EE #91E2F4 #C8F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#59D3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#59D3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D3EE

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D3EE	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0f3',
    500: '#59d3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d3ee;
$custom-light: #97e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D3EE

secondary

#B94B33

accent

#2F08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D3EE

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

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