#59D5ED#59D5ED

#59D5ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.114 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5ED
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -27.28, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 35.07, 218.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0958 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.114 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1938, 55.8222, 88.6027)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5ED #ED7159

analogous

#59EDBB #59D5ED #598BED

triadic

#59D5ED #ED59D5 #D5ED59

tetradic

#59D5ED #BB59ED #ED7159 #8BED59

square

#59D5ED #BB59ED #ED7159 #8BED59

split-complementary

#59D5ED #ED598B #EDBB59

monochromatic

#149DB8 #22C7E7 #59D5ED #90E3F3 #C7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#59D5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#59D5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5ED

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5ED	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.114 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f2',
    500: '#59d5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5ed;
$custom-light: #97e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8127,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5ED

secondary

#B74933

accent

#2B09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5ED

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

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