#59CED5#59CED5

#59CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.105 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CED5
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -30.68, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 33.47, 203.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0982 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.105 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1963, 51.0667, 70.7818)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CED5 #D56059

analogous

#59D59E #59CED5 #5990D5

triadic

#59CED5 #D559CE #CED559

tetradic

#59CED5 #9E59D5 #D56059 #90D559

square

#59CED5 #9E59D5 #D56059 #90D559

split-complementary

#59CED5 #D55990 #D59E59

monochromatic

#24898F #31B8C0 #59CED5 #8ADCE1 #BBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#59CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#59CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CED5

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CED5	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.105 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dde1',
    500: '#59ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ced5;
$custom-light: #94dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78766,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CED5

secondary

#95423D

accent

#4E45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CED5

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

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