#59DDE9#59DDE9

#59DDE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DDE9
RGB	rgb(89, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -32.28, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 36.31, 207.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.1055 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6780, 59.7152, 86.2466)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DDE9 #E96559

analogous

#59E9AD #59DDE9 #5995E9

triadic

#59DDE9 #E959DD #DDE959

tetradic

#59DDE9 #AD59E9 #E96559 #95E959

square

#59DDE9 #AD59E9 #E96559 #95E959

split-complementary

#59DDE9 #E95995 #E9AD59

monochromatic

#17A4B0 #23D2E2 #59DDE9 #8FE8F0 #C5F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#59DDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#59DDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DDE9

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DDE9	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e8f0',
    500: '#59dde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dde9;
$custom-light: #97e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82976,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DDE9

secondary

#B14035

accent

#1E0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DDE9

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

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