#59D9DC#59D9DC

#59D9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D9DC
RGB	rgb(89, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -33.98, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 36.05, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.1068 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8454, 56.9125, 76.4762)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D9DC #DC5C59

analogous

#59DC9D #59D9DC #5997DC

triadic

#59D9DC #DC59D9 #D9DC59

tetradic

#59D9DC #9D59DC #DC5C59 #97DC59

square

#59D9DC #9D59DC #DC5C59 #97DC59

split-complementary

#59D9DC #DC5997 #DC9D59

monochromatic

#20979A #2BC9CD #59D9DC #8CE5E7 #BEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#59D9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#59D9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D9DC

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D9DC	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5e6',
    500: '#59d9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d9dc;
$custom-light: #96e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8159,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D9DC

secondary

#9E3D3B

accent

#1D18CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D9DC

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

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