#59DCD9#59DCD9

#59DCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.114 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCD9
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -36.19, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 37.36, 194.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.1111 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.114 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2319, 58.3156, 74.6626)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCD9 #DC595C

analogous

#59DC97 #59DCD9 #599DDC

triadic

#59DCD9 #D959DC #DCD959

tetradic

#59DCD9 #9759DC #DC595C #9DDC59

square

#59DCD9 #9759DC #DC595C #9DDC59

split-complementary

#59DCD9 #DC599D #DC9759

monochromatic

#209A97 #2BCDC9 #59DCD9 #8CE7E5 #BEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#59DCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#59DCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCD9

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCD9	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.114 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7e4',
    500: '#59dcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dcd9;
$custom-light: #96e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.626,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82195,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCD9

secondary

#9E3B3D

accent

#181DCD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCD9

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

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