#59B0B0#59B0B0

#59B0B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.084 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0B0
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 176)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -26.08, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 27.30, 197.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0809 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.084 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4784, 36.3067, 46.6257)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0B0 #B05959

analogous

#59B085 #59B0B0 #5985B0

triadic

#59B0B0 #B059B0 #B0B059

tetradic

#59B0B0 #8559B0 #B05959 #85B059

square

#59B0B0 #8559B0 #B05959 #85B059

split-complementary

#59B0B0 #B05985 #B08559

monochromatic

#2E6161 #428A8A #59B0B0 #82C4C4 #ACD7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#59B0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#59B0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0B0

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0B0	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.084 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8c7',
    500: '#59b0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0b0;
$custom-light: #8fc8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7036,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0B0

secondary

#C59F9F

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0B0

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

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