#59D6E9#59D6E9

#59D6E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.113 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D6E9
RGB	rgb(89, 214, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -28.92, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 34.98, 214.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0984 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.113 209)
XYZ	xyz(42.8682, 56.0957, 85.6433)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D6E9 #E96C59

analogous

#59E9B4 #59D6E9 #598EE9

triadic

#59D6E9 #E959D6 #D6E959

tetradic

#59D6E9 #B459E9 #E96C59 #8EE959

square

#59D6E9 #B459E9 #E96C59 #8EE959

split-complementary

#59D6E9 #E9598E #E9B459

monochromatic

#179CB0 #23C9E2 #59D6E9 #8FE3F0 #C5F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#59D6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#59D6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D6E9

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D6E9	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 214, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.113 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3f0',
    500: '#59d6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d6e9;
$custom-light: #96e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D6E9

secondary

#B14635

accent

#280DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D6E9

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

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