#59C8CA#59C8CA

#59C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8CA
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -30.81, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 32.57, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0964 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.101 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4303, 47.6932, 63.2042)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8CA #CA5B59

analogous

#59CA94 #59C8CA #5990CA

triadic

#59C8CA #CA59C8 #C8CA59

tetradic

#59C8CA #9459CA #CA5B59 #90CA59

square

#59C8CA #9459CA #CA5B59 #90CA59

split-complementary

#59C8CA #CA5990 #CA9459

monochromatic

#297E80 #38ACAE #59C8CA #87D7D9 #B6E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#59C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8CA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8CA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9da',
    500: '#59c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8ca;
$custom-light: #93d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8CA

secondary

#D6A9A8

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8CA

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

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