#59C9DF#59C9DF

#59C9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.106 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9DF
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -25.40, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 32.64, 218.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0889 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.106 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3203, 49.2209, 77.2788)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9DF #DF6F59

analogous

#59DFB2 #59C9DF #5986DF

triadic

#59C9DF #DF59C9 #C9DF59

tetradic

#59C9DF #B259DF #DF6F59 #86DF59

square

#59C9DF #B259DF #DF6F59 #86DF59

split-complementary

#59C9DF #DF5986 #DFB259

monochromatic

#1F8A9F #29B6D2 #59C9DF #8CDAE9 #C0EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#59C9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#59C9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9DF

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9DF	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.106 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e9',
    500: '#59c9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9df;
$custom-light: #95d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9DF

secondary

#E3B9B1

accent

#3416D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9DF

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

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