#59D6EC#59D6EC

#59D6EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D6EC
RGB	rgb(89, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -28.06, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 35.12, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0972 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3004, 56.2685, 87.9195)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D6EC #EC6F59

analogous

#59ECB8 #59D6EC #598CEC

triadic

#59D6EC #EC59D6 #D6EC59

tetradic

#59D6EC #B859EC #EC6F59 #8CEC59

square

#59D6EC #B859EC #EC6F59 #8CEC59

split-complementary

#59D6EC #EC598C #ECB859

monochromatic

#159EB6 #22C8E6 #59D6EC #90E4F2 #C7F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#59D6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#59D6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D6EC

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D6EC	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3f2',
    500: '#59d6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d6ec;
$custom-light: #97e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81464,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D6EC

secondary

#B54734

accent

#290ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D6EC

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

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