#59D5EA#59D5EA

#59D5EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5EA
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -28.15, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 34.87, 216.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.097 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.113 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7592, 55.6484, 86.3137)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5EA #EA6E59

analogous

#59EAB7 #59D5EA #598CEA

triadic

#59D5EA #EA59D5 #D5EA59

tetradic

#59D5EA #B759EA #EA6E59 #8CEA59

square

#59D5EA #B759EA #EA6E59 #8CEA59

split-complementary

#59D5EA #EA598C #EAB759

monochromatic

#179CB2 #23C7E3 #59D5EA #8FE3F1 #C6F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#59D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5EA

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5EA	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f0',
    500: '#59d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5ea;
$custom-light: #96e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81158,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5EA

secondary

#B24735

accent

#2A0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5EA

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

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