#59D8E8#59D8E8

#59D8E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.113 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D8E8
RGB	rgb(89, 216, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -30.17, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 35.30, 211.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.1008 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.113 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2351, 57.0572, 85.0629)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D8E8 #E86959

analogous

#59E8B0 #59D8E8 #5991E8

triadic

#59D8E8 #E859D8 #D8E859

tetradic

#59D8E8 #B059E8 #E86959 #91E859

square

#59D8E8 #B059E8 #E86959 #91E859

split-complementary

#59D8E8 #E85991 #E8B059

monochromatic

#189EAE #23CBE1 #59D8E8 #8FE5EF #C5F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#59D8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#59D8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D8E8

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D8E8	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 216, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.113 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e4ef',
    500: '#59d8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d8e8;
$custom-light: #97e4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D8E8

secondary

#AF4336

accent

#240ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D8E8

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

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