#59CD83

sRGB: 89 / 205 / 131

Velvet petals surge toward distant shores
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Golden visions linger beyond yesterday

#59CD83 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 89 red, 205 green and 131 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 141.7° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 53.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 89, 205, 131
HSL: 141.72°, 53.70%, 57.65%
HSV / HSB: 141.72°, 56.59%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 56.59%, 0.00%, 36.10%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.046, 47.423, 29.044
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.460, -49.304, 27.230
WCAG relative luminance: 0.47425
24-bit decimal: 5885315

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #59CD83 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.49:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.00:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CD59A3 sits half a turn (180°) from #59CD83 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#59CD83 #CD59A3

Analogous

#69CD59 and #59CDBD sit 30° to either side of #59CD83. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#69CD59 #59CD83 #59CDBD

Triadic

#59CD83, #8359CD and #CD8359 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#59CD83 #8359CD #CD8359

Split complementary

Start at #59CD83 and look across the wheel. #BD59CD and #CD5969 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#59CD83 #BD59CD #CD5969

Square

Starting with #59CD83, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #5969CD, #CD59A3, then #CDBD59. Across the square, #59CD83 pairs with #CD59A3, and #5969CD with #CDBD59.

#59CD83 #5969CD #CD59A3 #CDBD59

Tetradic

#59CD83 and #CD59A3 are opposites, as are #59A3CD and #CD8359. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#59CD83 #59A3CD #CD59A3 #CD8359

Tints

Mixing #59CD83 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7AD79C, keeps 80% of the original. By #DEF5E6, the mixture is 80% white.

#59CD83 #7AD79C #9BE1B5 #BDEBCD #DEF5E6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #59CD83 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #47A469, keeps 80% of the original. By #12291A, the mixture is 80% black.

#59CD83 #47A469 #357B4F #245234 #12291A #000000

Tones

Mixing #59CD83 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #61BE82, keeps 80% of the original. By #788F81, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#59CD83 #61BE82 #69AE82 #709F81 #788F81 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#59CD83

RGB

rgb(89 205 131)

HSL

hsl(141.724 53.704% 57.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #59CD83;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#59CD83 uses 89 red, 205 green and 131 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 34.9%

Green 80.4%

Blue 51.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #59CD83 is 56.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 36.1% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 56.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 36.1%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #55CC88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #5C8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #59CD83 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66CC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #55CC88 Nearest web-safe: #66CC99

Gradient to complement

#59CD83 #6CBA88 #80A68E #939393 #A68098 #BA6C9E #CD59A3

Color vision previews

Compare how #59CD83 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CDBE7E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BDB388

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#37CBBA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AFC282

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A8BC86

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5CCB9A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B7B7B7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#92C2A0

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.09990 G 0.61050 B 0.22697

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.47376 G 0.79390 B 0.53962

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.19055 G 0.59355 B 0.25256

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.282 y 0.445 Y 47.423

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 65.098 M % 19.608 Y % 48.627

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01011001 11001101 10000011