#59D5EB#59D5EB

#59D5EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5EB
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -27.86, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 34.93, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0966 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.113 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9033, 55.7060, 87.0724)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5EB #EB6F59

analogous

#59EBB8 #59D5EB #598CEB

triadic

#59D5EB #EB59D5 #D5EB59

tetradic

#59D5EB #B859EB #EB6F59 #8CEB59

square

#59D5EB #B859EB #EB6F59 #8CEB59

split-complementary

#59D5EB #EB598C #EBB859

monochromatic

#169CB4 #22C7E4 #59D5EB #90E3F2 #C6F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#59D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5EB

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5EB	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f1',
    500: '#59d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5eb;
$custom-light: #97e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81195,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5EB

secondary

#B44834

accent

#2A0BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5EB

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

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