#59D9EE#59D9EE

#59D9EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.115 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D9EE
RGB	rgb(89, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -28.94, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 35.63, 215.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0995 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.115 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3589, 57.9179, 89.7138)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D9EE #EE6E59

analogous

#59EEB8 #59D9EE #598FEE

triadic

#59D9EE #EE59D9 #D9EE59

tetradic

#59D9EE #B859EE #EE6E59 #8FEE59

square

#59D9EE #B859EE #EE6E59 #8FEE59

split-complementary

#59D9EE #EE598F #EEB859

monochromatic

#13A2BA #21CCE8 #59D9EE #91E6F4 #C8F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#59D9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#59D9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D9EE

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D9EE	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.115 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5f3',
    500: '#59d9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d9ee;
$custom-light: #97e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D9EE

secondary

#B94533

accent

#2608DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D9EE

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

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