#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
RGBrgb(89, 201, 221)
HSLhsl(189, 66%, 61%)
HSVhsv(189, 60%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(75.52, -25.98, -19.51)
CIE-LCHlch(75.52, 32.49, 216.91°)
OKLaboklab(77.89% -0.0897 -0.0541)
OKLCHoklch(77.89% 0.105 211.1)
XYZxyz(38.0523, 49.1137, 75.8671)
Luminance0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##59C9DD1.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

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

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#59C9DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva