#59DCD8#59DCD8

#59DCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.114 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCD8
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -36.46, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 37.50, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1115 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.114 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1023, 58.2637, 73.9796)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCD8 #DC595D

analogous

#59DC96 #59DCD8 #599EDC

triadic

#59DCD8 #D859DC #DCD859

tetradic

#59DCD8 #9659DC #DC595D #9EDC59

square

#59DCD8 #9659DC #DC595D #9EDC59

split-complementary

#59DCD8 #DC599E #DC9659

monochromatic

#209A96 #2BCDC8 #59DCD8 #8CE7E4 #BEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#59DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#59DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCD8

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCD8	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.114 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7e4',
    500: '#59dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dcd8;
$custom-light: #96e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.168,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCD8

secondary

#9E3B3E

accent

#181ECD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCD8

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

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