#59CED9#59CED9

#59CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CED9
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -29.56, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 33.32, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0966 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7103, 51.2723, 73.4887)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CED9 #D96459

analogous

#59D9A4 #59CED9 #598ED9

triadic

#59CED9 #D959CE #CED959

tetradic

#59CED9 #A459D9 #D96459 #8ED959

square

#59CED9 #A459D9 #D96459 #8ED959

split-complementary

#59CED9 #D9598E #D9A459

monochromatic

#228C95 #2EBAC7 #59CED9 #8BDDE4 #BDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#59CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#59CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CED9

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CED9	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dde4',
    500: '#59ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59ced9;
$custom-light: #94dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CED9

secondary

#9A443C

accent

#5042E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CED9

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

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