#59C5CC#59C5CC

#59C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5CC
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -28.81, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 31.56, 204.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0924 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9806, 46.4125, 64.2301)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5CC #CC6059

analogous

#59CC99 #59C5CC #598CCC

triadic

#59C5CC #CC59C5 #C5CC59

tetradic

#59C5CC #9959CC #CC6059 #8CCC59

square

#59C5CC #9959CC #CC6059 #8CCC59

split-complementary

#59C5CC #CC598C #CC9959

monochromatic

#287D83 #36AAB1 #59C5CC #88D5DA #B7E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#59C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5CC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5CC	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7db',
    500: '#59c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5cc;
$custom-light: #93d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7633,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5CC

secondary

#D8ACA9

accent

#544BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5CC

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

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