#59C8CC#59C8CC

#59C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C8CC
RGB	rgb(89, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -30.26, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 32.40, 200.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0956 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.101 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6686, 47.7885, 64.4594)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C8CC #CC5D59

analogous

#59CC97 #59C8CC #598ECC

triadic

#59C8CC #CC59C8 #C8CC59

tetradic

#59C8CC #9759CC #CC5D59 #8ECC59

square

#59C8CC #9759CC #CC5D59 #8ECC59

split-complementary

#59C8CC #CC598E #CC9759

monochromatic

#287F83 #36ADB1 #59C8CC #88D8DA #B7E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#59C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#59C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C8CC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C8CC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9db',
    500: '#59c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c8cc;
$custom-light: #93d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77039,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C8CC

secondary

#D8ABA9

accent

#504BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C8CC

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

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