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#59CD9C

#59cd9c ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#59cd9c is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 80.39% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.9% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 154.66°, with 53.7% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4819

Complementary

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #cd598a

Split complementary

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #cd59c4
  3. #cd6259

Analogous

  1. #59cd62
  2. #59cd9c
  3. #59c4cd

Triadic

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #9c59cd
  3. #cd9c59

Tetradic

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #598acd
  3. #cd598a
  4. #cd9c59

Square

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #6259cd
  3. #cd598a
  4. #c4cd59

Monochromatic

  1. #216c4c
  2. #32a776
  3. #59cd9c
  4. #94dfbf
  5. #cff0e2

Shades

#59cd9c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #50b98c
  3. #47a47d
  4. #3e906d
  5. #357b5e
  6. #2d674e
  7. #24523e
  8. #1b3e2f
  9. #12291f
  10. #091510
  11. #000000

Tints

#59cd9c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #6ad2a6
  3. #7ad7b0
  4. #8bdcba
  5. #9be1c4
  6. #ace6ce
  7. #bdebd7
  8. #cdf0e1
  9. #def5eb
  10. #eefaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59cd9c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59cd9c
  2. #5dc599
  3. #61be96
  4. #65b694
  5. #69ae91
  6. #6da78e
  7. #709f8b
  8. #749788
  9. #788f86
  10. #7c8883
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9bc1ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cac099 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9b49f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #26cdbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8c59a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cbe9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #40cdb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59cd9c {
  color: #59cd9c;
}
Background
.bg-59cd9c {
  background-color: #59cd9c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59cd9c {
  border: 2px solid #59cd9c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59cd9c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 205 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 155 54% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59cd9c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59cd9c, #59c4cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59cd9c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 205 156 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.66 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.69 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.88 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.89 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.64 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.17 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.52 #a63263 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#59cd9c  rgb(89, 205, 156)  hsl(155, 54%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cd598a  rgb(205, 89, 138)  hsl(335, 54%, 58%)  Mulberry
#9c59cd  rgb(156, 89, 205)  hsl(275, 54%, 58%)  Amethyst
#cd9c59  rgb(205, 156, 89)  hsl(35, 54%, 58%)  Camel