#59C5CD#59C5CD

#59C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5CD
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -28.53, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 31.51, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.092 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1009, 46.4607, 64.8638)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5CD #CD6159

analogous

#59CD9B #59C5CD #598BCD

triadic

#59C5CD #CD59C5 #C5CD59

tetradic

#59C5CD #9B59CD #CD6159 #8BCD59

square

#59C5CD #9B59CD #CD6159 #8BCD59

split-complementary

#59C5CD #CD598B #CD9B59

monochromatic

#287E84 #36AAB3 #59C5CD #88D5DB #B7E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#59C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5CD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5CD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7dc',
    500: '#59c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5cd;
$custom-light: #93d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76366,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5CD

secondary

#D8ADAA

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5CD

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

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