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#59BE9C

#59be9c ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#59be9c is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 74.51% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.89% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 159.8°, with 43.72% saturation and 54.71% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4135

Complementary

  1. #59be9c
  2. #be597b

Split complementary

  1. #59be9c
  2. #be59ae
  3. #be6a59

Analogous

  1. #59be6a
  2. #59be9c
  3. #59aebe

Triadic

  1. #59be9c
  2. #9c59be
  3. #be9c59

Tetradic

  1. #59be9c
  2. #597bbe
  3. #be597b
  4. #be9c59

Square

  1. #59be9c
  2. #6a59be
  3. #be597b
  4. #aebe59

Monochromatic

  1. #235b48
  2. #399274
  3. #59be9c
  4. #90d4bd
  5. #c7e9de

Shades

#59be9c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59be9c
  2. #50ab8c
  3. #47987d
  4. #3e856d
  5. #35725e
  6. #2d5f4e
  7. #244c3e
  8. #1b392f
  9. #12261f
  10. #091310
  11. #000000

Tints

#59be9c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59be9c
  2. #6ac5a6
  3. #7acbb0
  4. #8bd2ba
  5. #9bd8c4
  6. #acdfce
  7. #bde5d7
  8. #cdece1
  9. #def2eb
  10. #eef9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59be9c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59be9c
  2. #5db899
  3. #61b296
  4. #65ab94
  5. #69a591
  6. #6d9f8e
  7. #70998b
  8. #749388
  9. #788c86
  10. #7c8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92b4a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bab39a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa89e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2dbfb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cb79b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91b19d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #43bfab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59be9c {
  color: #59be9c;
}
Background
.bg-59be9c {
  background-color: #59be9c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59be9c {
  border: 2px solid #59be9c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59be9c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 190 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59be9c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59be9c, #59aebe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59be9c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 190 156 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.94 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.33 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.03 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.43 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.86 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.38 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.43 #a64163 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#59be9c  rgb(89, 190, 156)  hsl(160, 44%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#be597b  rgb(190, 89, 123)  hsl(340, 44%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9c59be  rgb(156, 89, 190)  hsl(280, 44%, 55%)  Purpureus
#be9c59  rgb(190, 156, 89)  hsl(40, 44%, 55%)  Camel