#59ABB5#59ABB5

#59ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.081 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABB5
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(187, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -22.20, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 25.64, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.073 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.081 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0199, 34.5835, 48.9585)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABB5 #B56359

analogous

#59B591 #59ABB5 #597DB5

triadic

#59ABB5 #B559AB #ABB559

tetradic

#59ABB5 #9159B5 #B56359 #7DB559

square

#59ABB5 #9159B5 #B56359 #7DB559

split-complementary

#59ABB5 #B5597D #B59159

monochromatic

#2E6066 #408890 #59ABB5 #83C0C8 #AED6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#59ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#59ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABB5

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABB5	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.081 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4cb',
    500: '#59abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abb5;
$custom-light: #8fc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69342,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABB5

secondary

#C9A5A1

accent

#665ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABB5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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