#59C5CE#59C5CE

#59C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C5CE
RGB	rgb(89, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -28.25, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 31.48, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0915 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.099 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2220, 46.5091, 65.5015)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C5CE #CE6259

analogous

#59CE9C #59C5CE #598BCE

triadic

#59C5CE #CE59C5 #C5CE59

tetradic

#59C5CE #9C59CE #CE6259 #8BCE59

square

#59C5CE #9C59CE #CE6259 #8BCE59

split-complementary

#59C5CE #CE598B #CE9C59

monochromatic

#277E85 #35ABB5 #59C5CE #88D6DC #B8E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#59C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#59C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C5CE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C5CE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7dd',
    500: '#59c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c5ce;
$custom-light: #93d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C5CE

secondary

#D9AEAA

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C5CE

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

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