#59D5EC#59D5EC

#59D5EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5EC
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -27.57, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 35.00, 218.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0962 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.113 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0481, 55.7639, 87.8354)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5EC #EC7059

analogous

#59ECB9 #59D5EC #598BEC

triadic

#59D5EC #EC59D5 #D5EC59

tetradic

#59D5EC #B959EC #EC7059 #8BEC59

square

#59D5EC #B959EC #EC7059 #8BEC59

split-complementary

#59D5EC #EC598B #ECB959

monochromatic

#159DB6 #22C7E6 #59D5EC #90E3F2 #C7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#59D5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5EC

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5EC	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f2',
    500: '#59d5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5ec;
$custom-light: #97e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81233,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5EC

secondary

#B54834

accent

#2B0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5EC

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

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