#59D9E6#59D9E6

#59D9E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.113 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D9E6
RGB	rgb(89, 217, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -31.22, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 35.50, 208.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.1027 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.113 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2096, 57.4582, 83.6609)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D9E6 #E66659

analogous

#59E6AD #59D9E6 #5992E6

triadic

#59D9E6 #E659D9 #D9E659

tetradic

#59D9E6 #AD59E6 #E66659 #92E659

square

#59D9E6 #AD59E6 #E66659 #92E659

split-complementary

#59D9E6 #E65992 #E6AD59

monochromatic

#1A9DAB #24CDDE #59D9E6 #8EE5EE #C3F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#59D9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#59D9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D9E6

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D9E6	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 217, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.113 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5ed',
    500: '#59d9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d9e6;
$custom-light: #96e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81939,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D9E6

secondary

#AC4237

accent

#2210D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D9E6

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

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