#59DCEF#59DCEF

#59DCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.116 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCEF
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -30.11, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 36.12, 213.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.1021 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.116 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2865, 59.5374, 90.7498)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCEF #EF6C59

analogous

#59EFB7 #59DCEF #5991EF

triadic

#59DCEF #EF59DC #DCEF59

tetradic

#59DCEF #B759EF #EF6C59 #91EF59

square

#59DCEF #B759EF #EF6C59 #91EF59

split-complementary

#59DCEF #EF5991 #EFB759

monochromatic

#12A6BC #21D0EA #59DCEF #91E8F4 #C9F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#59DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#59DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCEF

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCEF	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.116 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e7f4',
    500: '#59dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dcef;
$custom-light: #98e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82961,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCEF

secondary

#BA4332

accent

#2207DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCEF

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

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