#59D5E8#59D5E8

#59D5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5E8
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -28.72, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 34.78, 214.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0978 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4735, 55.5341, 84.8090)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5E8 #E86C59

analogous

#59E8B3 #59D5E8 #598DE8

triadic

#59D5E8 #E859D5 #D5E859

tetradic

#59D5E8 #B359E8 #E86C59 #8DE859

square

#59D5E8 #B359E8 #E86C59 #8DE859

split-complementary

#59D5E8 #E8598D #E8B359

monochromatic

#189AAE #23C7E1 #59D5E8 #8FE3EF #C5F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#59D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5E8

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5E8	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2ef',
    500: '#59d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5e8;
$custom-light: #96e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81083,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5E8

secondary

#AF4636

accent

#290ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5E8

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

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