#59C3CE#59C3CE

#59C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C3CE
RGB	rgb(89, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -27.27, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 31.01, 208.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0894 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.098 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7709, 45.6069, 65.3511)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C3CE #CE6459

analogous

#59CE9E #59C3CE #5988CE

triadic

#59C3CE #CE59C3 #C3CE59

tetradic

#59C3CE #9E59CE #CE6459 #88CE59

square

#59C3CE #9E59CE #CE6459 #88CE59

split-complementary

#59C3CE #CE5988 #CE9E59

monochromatic

#277C85 #35A9B5 #59C3CE #88D4DC #B8E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#59C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#59C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C3CE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C3CE	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5dd',
    500: '#59c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c3ce;
$custom-light: #93d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7593,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C3CE

secondary

#D9AEAA

accent

#584ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C3CE

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

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