#59D5E6#59D5E6

#59D5E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5E6
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -29.29, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 34.72, 212.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0986 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.111 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1910, 55.4211, 83.3214)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5E6 #E66A59

analogous

#59E6B0 #59D5E6 #598FE6

triadic

#59D5E6 #E659D5 #D5E659

tetradic

#59D5E6 #B059E6 #E66A59 #8FE659

square

#59D5E6 #B059E6 #E66A59 #8FE659

split-complementary

#59D5E6 #E6598F #E6B059

monochromatic

#1A99AB #24C8DE #59D5E6 #8EE2EE #C3F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#59D5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#59D5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5E6

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5E6	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2ee',
    500: '#59d5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5e6;
$custom-light: #96e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5E6

secondary

#AC4537

accent

#2710D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5E6

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

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