#59DCEB#59DCEB

#59DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.115 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCEB
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -31.24, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 36.07, 209.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.1037 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.115 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7021, 59.3036, 87.6720)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCEB #EB6859

analogous

#59EBB1 #59DCEB #5993EB

triadic

#59DCEB #EB59DC #DCEB59

tetradic

#59DCEB #B159EB #EB6859 #93EB59

square

#59DCEB #B159EB #EB6859 #93EB59

split-complementary

#59DCEB #EB5993 #EBB159

monochromatic

#16A4B4 #22D0E4 #59DCEB #90E8F2 #C6F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#59DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#59DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCEB

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCEB	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.115 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7f1',
    500: '#59dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dceb;
$custom-light: #97e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82815,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCEB

secondary

#B44134

accent

#200BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCEB

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

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