#59B0B2#59B0B2

#59B0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.084 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0B2
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -25.55, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 27.11, 199.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.08 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.084 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6778, 36.3864, 47.6756)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0B2 #B25B59

analogous

#59B287 #59B0B2 #5984B2

triadic

#59B0B2 #B259B0 #B0B259

tetradic

#59B0B2 #8759B2 #B25B59 #84B259

square

#59B0B2 #8759B2 #B25B59 #84B259

split-complementary

#59B0B2 #B25984 #B28759

monochromatic

#2E6263 #418B8D #59B0B2 #83C4C5 #ADD8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#59B0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#59B0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0B2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0B2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.084 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8c9',
    500: '#59b0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0b2;
$custom-light: #8fc8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.348,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0B2

secondary

#C7A1A0

accent

#5E5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0B2

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

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