#59CDC5#59CDC5

#59CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.105 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59CDC5
RGB	rgb(89, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -34.51, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 35.01, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.1039 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.105 189)
XYZ	xyz(36.0248, 49.8141, 60.5291)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59CDC5 #CD5961

analogous

#59CD8B #59CDC5 #599BCD

triadic

#59CDC5 #C559CD #CDC559

tetradic

#59CDC5 #8B59CD #CD5961 #9BCD59

square

#59CDC5 #8B59CD #CD5961 #9BCD59

split-complementary

#59CDC5 #CD599B #CD8B59

monochromatic

#28847E #36B3AA #59CDC5 #88DBD5 #B7E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#59CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#59CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59CDC5

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59CDC5	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.105 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcd6',
    500: '#59cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59cdc5;
$custom-light: #93dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.49818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59CDC5

secondary

#D8AAAD

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #59CDC5

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

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