#59D5CE#59D5CE

#59D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.110 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59D5CE
RGB	rgb(89, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -35.87, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 36.53, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1085 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.11 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0498, 54.1646, 66.7774)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59D5CE #D55960

analogous

#59D590 #59D5CE #599ED5

triadic

#59D5CE #CE59D5 #D5CE59

tetradic

#59D5CE #9059D5 #D55960 #9ED559

square

#59D5CE #9059D5 #D55960 #9ED559

split-complementary

#59D5CE #D5599E #D59059

monochromatic

#248F89 #31C0B8 #59D5CE #8AE1DC #BBEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#59D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#59D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59D5CE

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59D5CE	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.110 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2dc',
    500: '#59d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59d5ce;
$custom-light: #94e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59D5CE

secondary

#953D42

accent

#454EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #59D5CE

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

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