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#59CDC2

#59cdc2 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#59cdc2 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 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.37% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 174.31°, with 53.7% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4968

Complementary

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #cd5964

Split complementary

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #cd599e
  3. #cd8859

Analogous

  1. #59cd88
  2. #59cdc2
  3. #599ecd

Triadic

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #c259cd
  3. #cdc259

Tetradic

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #5964cd
  3. #cd5964
  4. #cdc259

Square

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #8859cd
  3. #cd5964
  4. #9ecd59

Monochromatic

  1. #216c65
  2. #32a79c
  3. #59cdc2
  4. #94dfd8
  5. #cff0ed

Shades

#59cdc2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #50b9af
  3. #47a49b
  4. #3e9088
  5. #357b74
  6. #2d6761
  7. #24524e
  8. #1b3e3a
  9. #122927
  10. #091513
  11. #000000

Tints

#59cdc2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #6ad2c8
  3. #7ad7ce
  4. #8bdcd4
  5. #9be1da
  6. #ace6e1
  7. #bdebe7
  8. #cdf0ed
  9. #def5f3
  10. #eefaf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59cdc2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59cdc2
  2. #5dc5bb
  3. #61beb5
  4. #65b6ae
  5. #69aea8
  6. #6da7a1
  7. #709f9a
  8. #749794
  9. #788f8d
  10. #7c8887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9dc2be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3c3c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b5c3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d1c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3c7c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96bfc3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #30d0c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59cdc2 {
  color: #59cdc2;
}
Background
.bg-59cdc2 {
  background-color: #59cdc2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59cdc2 {
  border: 2px solid #59cdc2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59cdc2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 205 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 54% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59cdc2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59cdc2, #599ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59cdc2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 205 194 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.63 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.81 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.98 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.56 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.28 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.96 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.17 #a6323d Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#59cdc2  rgb(89, 205, 194)  hsl(174, 54%, 58%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd5964  rgb(205, 89, 100)  hsl(354, 54%, 58%)  Indian Red
#c259cd  rgb(194, 89, 205)  hsl(294, 54%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#cdc259  rgb(205, 194, 89)  hsl(54, 54%, 58%)  Vegas Gold