#59DADC#59DADC

#59DADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.112 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DADC
RGB	rgb(89, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -34.45, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 36.36, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.1078 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.112 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1039, 57.4295, 76.5624)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DADC #DC5B59

analogous

#59DC9C #59DADC #5998DC

triadic

#59DADC #DC59DA #DADC59

tetradic

#59DADC #9C59DC #DC5B59 #98DC59

square

#59DADC #9C59DC #DC5B59 #98DC59

split-complementary

#59DADC #DC5998 #DC9C59

monochromatic

#20989A #2BCACD #59DADC #8CE5E7 #BEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#59DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#59DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DADC

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DADC	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.112 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e6e6',
    500: '#59dadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dadc;
$custom-light: #96e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81825,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DADC

secondary

#9E3D3B

accent

#1B18CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DADC

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

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