Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.
Color profile
#58FFD1 is a cool color from the Teal family, closest in name to “Plunge Pool”. In RGB it is rgb(88, 255, 209); in HSL, hsl(163, 100%, 67%).
The color Plunge Pool, with hexadecimal code #58ffd1, is categorized under the cyan family—a cool, refreshing hue fundamental to CMYK printing. Cyan evokes clarity, focus, and digital innovation, appearing across tech interfaces and futuristic design systems. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Refreshment, Clarity, Communication and Serenity. Cyan or blue-green is associated with healing, water, and tranquility. It can symbolize communication and clarity in various cultures. With a high saturation of 100%, this color is intensely vivid—demanding attention and ideal for focal elements like buttons, banners, and brand marks. At 67% lightness, it strikes an approachable, open balance—bright enough to feel welcoming yet substantial enough to carry visual weight. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Refreshment, Clarity, Communication, or Serenity. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.
Key facts
The story of this color
Plunge Pool (#58FFD1) belongs to the Teal color family.
As a bright tone with high saturation and generous lightness, it radiates energy and optimism. Bright variations like this perform well in summer campaigns, children's products, and attention-grabbing hero sections.
Teal—named after the Eurasian teal duck's distinctive head stripe—gained prominence as a design color in the 1990s. However, teal pigments trace back to ancient Egyptian faience, a ceramic technique that produced striking blue-green glazes for amulets and tiles. In contemporary culture, teal ribbons symbolize ovarian cancer awareness and anxiety-disorder advocacy.
Teal bridges the reliability of blue with the renewal of green, making it versatile across healthcare, education, and technology sectors. Pair teal with coral or warm peach for a modern complementary scheme, or with light gray for a clean, professional interface. Teal works well as both a primary and accent color.
Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 163°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 100% saturation, this is a highly vivid color that demands attention. Use it where maximum visual impact is needed—feature banners, accent buttons, and data-visualization highlights.
Teal evokes calm confidence, open communication, and clarity of thought. It feels more energetic than navy but more grounded than bright cyan. In branding, teal signals trustworthiness with a creative edge—bridging corporate reliability and startup innovation.
At 67% lightness, it reads clearly on dark backgrounds and provides a welcoming, open feel in light-themed designs—versatile across both contexts.
Use teal as a hero-section background color paired with white text and photography for a healthcare or wellness brand. Create duotone imagery (teal + coral) for vibrant social media graphics. In dashboards, teal chart lines stand out clearly against white backgrounds.
Every format
Every way to write Plunge Pool — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.
#58FFD1
Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.
rgb(88, 255, 209)
RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.
hsl(163, 100%, 67%)
HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.
hsv(163, 65%, 100%)
HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.
hwb(163 35% 0%)
HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.
cmyk(65%, 0%, 18%, 0%)
CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.
oklch(90.22% 0.152 170.89)
OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.
oklab(90.22% -0.150 0.024)
OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.
L: 90.87, a: -53.57, b: 9.44
CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.
L: 90.87, C: 54.40, H: 170.00
LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.
X: 51.29, Y: 78.20, Z: 72.71
CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.
5832657
The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.
Channel breakdown
How much red, green and blue light mixes into Plunge Pool.
Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Plunge Pool.
Ink coverage
Ink needed to reproduce Plunge Pool in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Cyan.
Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.
Accessibility · WCAG
How bright Plunge Pool is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.
Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)
Developer shortcuts
Copy-and-paste CSS for Plunge Pool — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.
background-color: #58FFD1;
color: #58FFD1;
border: 2px solid #58FFD1;
background-color: rgb(88, 255, 209);
background-color: hsl(163, 100%, 67%);
--color: #58FFD1;
Shades · light to dark
Lighter and darker steps of Plunge Pool — the color's full brightness range in one strip.
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Harmony · 180° apart
Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.
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Harmony · adjacent hues
Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.
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Harmony · 120° apart
Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.
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Harmony · 90° apart
Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.
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Accessibility
How Plunge Pool reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.
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Harmony overview
The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.
Perceptually nearby
A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.
From the color-name library
The closest named colors to #58FFD1 — same mood, each with its own character.
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Inspiration
Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Plunge Pool — hover any tile to download it or view the original.
Good to know
Harmony