#59D9EF#59D9EF

#59D9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.115 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D9EF
RGB	rgb(89, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -28.65, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 35.69, 216.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0991 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.115 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5062, 57.9768, 90.4897)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D9EF #EF6F59

analogous

#59EFBA #59D9EF #598EEF

triadic

#59D9EF #EF59D9 #D9EF59

tetradic

#59D9EF #BA59EF #EF6F59 #8EEF59

square

#59D9EF #BA59EF #EF6F59 #8EEF59

split-complementary

#59D9EF #EF598E #EFBA59

monochromatic

#12A3BC #21CCEA #59D9EF #91E6F4 #C9F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#59D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#59D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D9EF

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D9EF	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.115 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5f4',
    500: '#59d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d9ef;
$custom-light: #97e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82268,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D9EF

secondary

#BA4632

accent

#2607DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D9EF

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

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