#59D8DB#59D8DB

#59D8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.111 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D8DB
RGB	rgb(89, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -33.79, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 35.85, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.1061 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.111 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4564, 56.3457, 75.6951)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D8DB #DB5C59

analogous

#59DB9D #59D8DB #5997DB

triadic

#59D8DB #DB59D8 #D8DB59

tetradic

#59D8DB #9D59DB #DB5C59 #97DB59

square

#59D8DB #9D59DB #DB5C59 #97DB59

split-complementary

#59D8DB #DB5997 #DB9D59

monochromatic

#219699 #2CC7CB #59D8DB #8BE4E6 #BEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#59D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#59D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D8DB

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D8DB	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.111 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4e6',
    500: '#59d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d8db;
$custom-light: #96e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D8DB

secondary

#9D3E3B

accent

#1D19CC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D8DB

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

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