#59CED8#59CED8

#59CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.105 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CED8
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -29.84, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 33.34, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.097 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.105 203)
XYZ	xyz(38.5806, 51.2204, 72.8057)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CED8 #D86359

analogous

#59D8A2 #59CED8 #598FD8

triadic

#59CED8 #D859CE #CED859

tetradic

#59CED8 #A259D8 #D86359 #8FD859

square

#59CED8 #A259D8 #D86359 #8FD859

split-complementary

#59CED8 #D8598F #D8A259

monochromatic

#238B94 #2EBAC5 #59CED8 #8BDDE4 #BCEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#59CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#59CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CED8

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CED8	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.105 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dde4',
    500: '#59ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ced8;
$custom-light: #94dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78872,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.51224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CED8

secondary

#99443C

accent

#5043E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CED8

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

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