#59DCE9#59DCE9

#59DCE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.115 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCE9
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -31.81, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 36.09, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.1045 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.115 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4148, 59.1887, 86.1588)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCE9 #E96659

analogous

#59E9AE #59DCE9 #5994E9

triadic

#59DCE9 #E959DC #DCE959

tetradic

#59DCE9 #AE59E9 #E96659 #94E959

square

#59DCE9 #AE59E9 #E96659 #94E959

split-complementary

#59DCE9 #E95994 #E9AE59

monochromatic

#17A2B0 #23D1E2 #59DCE9 #8FE7F0 #C5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#59DCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#59DCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCE9

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCE9	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.115 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7f0',
    500: '#59dce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dce9;
$custom-light: #97e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82743,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCE9

secondary

#B14135

accent

#1F0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCE9

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

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