#59CEE5#59CEE5

#59CEE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.109 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CEE5
RGB	rgb(89, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -26.15, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 33.68, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0918 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.109 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3282, 51.9194, 82.0097)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CEE5 #E57059

analogous

#59E5B6 #59CEE5 #5988E5

triadic

#59CEE5 #E559CE #CEE559

tetradic

#59CEE5 #B659E5 #E57059 #88E559

square

#59CEE5 #B659E5 #E57059 #88E559

split-complementary

#59CEE5 #E55988 #E5B659

monochromatic

#1A92A9 #24BEDD #59CEE5 #8EDEED #C3EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#59CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#59CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CEE5

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CEE5	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.109 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dded',
    500: '#59cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cee5;
$custom-light: #95dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CEE5

secondary

#AB4A37

accent

#3110D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CEE5

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

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