#59DCDF#59DCDF

#59DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.114 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59DCDF
RGB	rgb(89, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -34.57, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 36.66, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.1086 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.114 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0265, 58.6334, 78.8476)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59DCDF #DF5C59

analogous

#59DF9F #59DCDF #5999DF

triadic

#59DCDF #DF59DC #DCDF59

tetradic

#59DCDF #9F59DF #DF5C59 #99DF59

square

#59DCDF #9F59DF #DF5C59 #99DF59

split-complementary

#59DCDF #DF5999 #DF9F59

monochromatic

#1F9C9F #29CED2 #59DCDF #8CE7E9 #C0F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#59DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#59DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59DCDF

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59DCDF	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.114 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7e9',
    500: '#59dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59dcdf;
$custom-light: #96e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82395,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59DCDF

secondary

#A23C3A

accent

#1A16D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59DCDF

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

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