#59C8DC#59C8DC

#59C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.104 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8DC
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -25.77, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 32.29, 217.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0891 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.104 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6871, 48.5959, 75.0901)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8DC #DC6D59

analogous

#59DCAE #59C8DC #5986DC

triadic

#59C8DC #DC59C8 #C8DC59

tetradic

#59C8DC #AE59DC #DC6D59 #86DC59

square

#59C8DC #AE59DC #DC6D59 #86DC59

split-complementary

#59C8DC #DC5986 #DCAE59

monochromatic

#20889A #2BB4CD #59C8DC #8CD9E7 #BEE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#59C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#59C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8DC

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8DC	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.104 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9e6',
    500: '#59c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8dc;
$custom-light: #94d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77616,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8DC

secondary

#E1B7AF

accent

#3418CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8DC

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

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