#59D8DD#59D8DD

#59D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D8DD
RGB	rgb(89, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -33.24, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 35.68, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.1053 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7212, 56.4517, 77.0901)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D8DD #DD5E59

analogous

#59DDA0 #59D8DD #5996DD

triadic

#59D8DD #DD59D8 #D8DD59

tetradic

#59D8DD #A059DD #DD5E59 #96DD59

square

#59D8DD #A059DD #DD5E59 #96DD59

split-complementary

#59D8DD #DD5996 #DDA059

monochromatic

#20979C #2AC8CF #59D8DD #8CE4E7 #BFF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#59D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#59D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D8DD

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D8DD	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4e7',
    500: '#59d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d8dd;
$custom-light: #96e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8139,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D8DD

secondary

#A03F3B

accent

#1F18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D8DD

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

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