#59D5E9#59D5E9

#59D5E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.112 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5E9
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -28.43, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 34.82, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0974 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.112 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6159, 55.5910, 85.5592)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5E9 #E96D59

analogous

#59E9B5 #59D5E9 #598DE9

triadic

#59D5E9 #E959D5 #D5E959

tetradic

#59D5E9 #B559E9 #E96D59 #8DE959

square

#59D5E9 #B559E9 #E96D59 #8DE959

split-complementary

#59D5E9 #E9598D #E9B559

monochromatic

#179BB0 #23C7E2 #59D5E9 #8FE3F0 #C5F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#59D5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5E9

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5E9	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.112 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f0',
    500: '#59d5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5e9;
$custom-light: #96e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81121,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5E9

secondary

#B14735

accent

#290DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5E9

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

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