#59DADD#59DADD

#59DADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DADD
RGB	rgb(89, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -34.18, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 36.26, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.1074 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2367, 57.4827, 77.2619)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DADD #DD5C59

analogous

#59DD9E #59DADD #5998DD

triadic

#59DADD #DD59DA #DADD59

tetradic

#59DADD #9E59DD #DD5C59 #98DD59

square

#59DADD #9E59DD #DD5C59 #98DD59

split-complementary

#59DADD #DD5998 #DD9E59

monochromatic

#20999C #2ACBCF #59DADD #8CE5E7 #BFF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#59DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#59DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DADD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DADD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e6e7',
    500: '#59dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dadd;
$custom-light: #96e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81859,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DADD

secondary

#A03D3B

accent

#1C18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DADD

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

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