#59DCE8#59DCE8

#59DCE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCE8
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -32.09, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 36.12, 207.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.1049 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2723, 59.1317, 85.4086)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCE8 #E86559

analogous

#59E8AC #59DCE8 #5994E8

triadic

#59DCE8 #E859DC #DCE859

tetradic

#59DCE8 #AC59E8 #E86559 #94E859

square

#59DCE8 #AC59E8 #E86559 #94E859

split-complementary

#59DCE8 #E85994 #E8AC59

monochromatic

#18A2AE #23D1E1 #59DCE8 #8FE7EF #C5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#59DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#59DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCE8

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCE8	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7ef',
    500: '#59dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dce8;
$custom-light: #97e7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82708,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCE8

secondary

#AF4036

accent

#1F0ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCE8

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

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