#59D5EE#59D5EE

#59D5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.114 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5EE
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -26.99, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 35.15, 219.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0954 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.114 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3403, 55.8808, 89.3743)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5EE #EE7259

analogous

#59EEBD #59D5EE #598BEE

triadic

#59D5EE #EE59D5 #D5EE59

tetradic

#59D5EE #BD59EE #EE7259 #8BEE59

square

#59D5EE #BD59EE #EE7259 #8BEE59

split-complementary

#59D5EE #EE598B #EEBD59

monochromatic

#139EBA #21C7E8 #59D5EE #91E3F4 #C8F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#59D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#59D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5EE

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5EE	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.114 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f3',
    500: '#59d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5ee;
$custom-light: #97e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.067,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5EE

secondary

#B94933

accent

#2C08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5EE

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

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