#59C9DD#59C9DD

#59C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9DD
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -25.98, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 32.49, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0897 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.105 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0523, 49.1137, 75.8671)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9DD #DD6D59

analogous

#59DDAF #59C9DD #5987DD

triadic

#59C9DD #DD59C9 #C9DD59

tetradic

#59C9DD #AF59DD #DD6D59 #87DD59

square

#59C9DD #AF59DD #DD6D59 #87DD59

split-complementary

#59C9DD #DD5987 #DDAF59

monochromatic

#20899C #2AB6CF #59C9DD #8CDAE7 #BFEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#59C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#59C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9DD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9DD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9e7',
    500: '#59c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9dd;
$custom-light: #94d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77887,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9DD

secondary

#E2B7B0

accent

#3318CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9DD

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

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