#59C8CB#59C8CB

#59C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8CB
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -30.53, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 32.48, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.096 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.101 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5490, 47.7407, 63.8298)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8CB #CB5C59

analogous

#59CB95 #59C8CB #598FCB

triadic

#59C8CB #CB59C8 #C8CB59

tetradic

#59C8CB #9559CB #CB5C59 #8FCB59

square

#59C8CB #9559CB #CB5C59 #8FCB59

split-complementary

#59C8CB #CB598F #CB9559

monochromatic

#287F81 #37ADB0 #59C8CB #88D7DA #B6E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#59C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8CB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8CB	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9da',
    500: '#59c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8cb;
$custom-light: #93d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77005,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8CB

secondary

#D7AAA9

accent

#504CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8CB

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

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