#59D5C5#59D5C5

#59D5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.113 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5C5
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 197)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -38.20, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 38.28, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.1124 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.113 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9876, 53.7397, 61.1833)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5C5 #D55969

analogous

#59D587 #59D5C5 #59A7D5

triadic

#59D5C5 #C559D5 #D5C559

tetradic

#59D5C5 #8759D5 #D55969 #A7D559

square

#59D5C5 #8759D5 #D55969 #A7D559

split-complementary

#59D5C5 #D559A7 #D58759

monochromatic

#248F82 #31C0AE #59D5C5 #8AE1D6 #BBEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#59D5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#59D5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5C5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5C5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.113 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2d6',
    500: '#59d5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5c5;
$custom-light: #94e2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.799,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5C5

secondary

#953D49

accent

#4559E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5C5

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

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