#59C9CC#59C9CC

#59C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.101 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9CC
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -30.74, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 32.70, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0967 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.101 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9009, 48.2532, 64.5369)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9CC #CC5C59

analogous

#59CC95 #59C9CC #5990CC

triadic

#59C9CC #CC59C9 #C9CC59

tetradic

#59C9CC #9559CC #CC5C59 #90CC59

square

#59C9CC #9559CC #CC5C59 #90CC59

split-complementary

#59C9CC #CC5990 #CC9559

monochromatic

#288083 #36AEB1 #59C9CC #88D8DA #B7E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#59C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#59C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9CC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9CC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.101 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dadb',
    500: '#59c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9cc;
$custom-light: #93dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77276,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9CC

secondary

#D8AAA9

accent

#4F4BDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9CC

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

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