#59C8D8#59C8D8

#59C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.103 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8D8
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -26.91, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 32.10, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0907 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.103 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1637, 48.3865, 72.3334)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8D8 #D86959

analogous

#59D8A8 #59C8D8 #5989D8

triadic

#59C8D8 #D859C8 #C8D859

tetradic

#59C8D8 #A859D8 #D86959 #89D859

square

#59C8D8 #A859D8 #D86959 #89D859

split-complementary

#59C8D8 #D85989 #D8A859

monochromatic

#238694 #2EB2C5 #59C8D8 #8BD8E4 #BCE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#59C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#59C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8D8

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8D8	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.103 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9e4',
    500: '#59c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8d8;
$custom-light: #94d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.559,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77468,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8D8

secondary

#DFB4AE

accent

#5743E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8D8

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

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