#59D6EE#59D6EE

#59D6EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D6EE
RGB	rgb(89, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -27.48, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 35.26, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0964 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.114 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5926, 56.3854, 89.4584)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D6EE #EE7159

analogous

#59EEBB #59D6EE #598CEE

triadic

#59D6EE #EE59D6 #D6EE59

tetradic

#59D6EE #BB59EE #EE7159 #8CEE59

square

#59D6EE #BB59EE #EE7159 #8CEE59

split-complementary

#59D6EE #EE598C #EEBB59

monochromatic

#139FBA #21C8E8 #59D6EE #91E4F4 #C8F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#59D6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#59D6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D6EE

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D6EE	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3f3',
    500: '#59d6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d6ee;
$custom-light: #97e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D6EE

secondary

#B94833

accent

#2A08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D6EE

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

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