#59C8DB#59C8DB

#59C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.104 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8DB
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -26.06, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 32.23, 216.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0895 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.104 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5550, 48.5431, 74.3947)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8DB #DB6C59

analogous

#59DBAD #59C8DB #5987DB

triadic

#59C8DB #DB59C8 #C8DB59

tetradic

#59C8DB #AD59DB #DB6C59 #87DB59

square

#59C8DB #AD59DB #DB6C59 #87DB59

split-complementary

#59C8DB #DB5987 #DBAD59

monochromatic

#218799 #2CB4CB #59C8DB #8BD9E6 #BEE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#59C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8DB

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8DB	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.104 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9e6',
    500: '#59c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8db;
$custom-light: #94d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77579,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8DB

secondary

#E1B6AF

accent

#3319CC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8DB

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

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