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#59BFCA

#59bfca ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#59bfca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 74.9% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.94% cyan, 5.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 185.84°, with 51.6% saturation and 57.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 6.6.

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Relative luminance0.4365

Complementary

  1. #59bfca
  2. #ca6459

Split complementary

  1. #59bfca
  2. #ca5987
  3. #ca9d59

Analogous

  1. #59ca9d
  2. #59bfca
  3. #5987ca

Triadic

  1. #59bfca
  2. #ca59bf
  3. #bfca59

Tetradic

  1. #59bfca
  2. #6459ca
  3. #ca6459
  4. #bfca59

Square

  1. #59bfca
  2. #9d59ca
  3. #ca6459
  4. #87ca59

Monochromatic

  1. #216269
  2. #3498a3
  3. #59bfca
  4. #93d5dd
  5. #cdecef

Shades

#59bfca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59bfca
  2. #50acb6
  3. #4799a2
  4. #3e868d
  5. #357379
  6. #2d6065
  7. #244c51
  8. #1b393d
  9. #122628
  10. #091314
  11. #000000

Tints

#59bfca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59bfca
  2. #6ac5cf
  3. #7accd5
  4. #8bd2da
  5. #9bd9df
  6. #acdfe5
  7. #bde5ea
  8. #cdecef
  9. #def2f4
  10. #eef9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59bfca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59bfca
  2. #5db9c3
  3. #61b2bb
  4. #65acb4
  5. #69a6ac
  6. #6da0a5
  7. #70999e
  8. #749396
  9. #788d8f
  10. #7c8687
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95b6bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2b8cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0abca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96bbca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89b3ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2ec3c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59bfca {
  color: #59bfca;
}
Background
.bg-59bfca {
  background-color: #59bfca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59bfca {
  border: 2px solid #59bfca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59bfca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 191 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 186 52% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59bfca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59bfca, #5987ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59bfca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 191 202 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.60 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.05 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.49 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.91 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.03 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.44 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.94 #a64035 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#59bfca  rgb(89, 191, 202)  hsl(186, 52%, 57%)  Dark Turquoise
#ca6459  rgb(202, 100, 89)  hsl(6, 52%, 57%)  Indian Red
#ca59bf  rgb(202, 89, 191)  hsl(306, 52%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#bfca59  rgb(191, 202, 89)  hsl(66, 52%, 57%)  June Bud