#59B0BD#59B0BD

#59B0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.086 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0BD
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -22.52, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 26.87, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0754 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.086 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8268, 36.8460, 53.7271)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0BD #BD6659

analogous

#59BD98 #59B0BD #597EBD

triadic

#59B0BD #BD59B0 #B0BD59

tetradic

#59B0BD #9859BD #BD6659 #7EBD59

square

#59B0BD #9859BD #BD6659 #7EBD59

split-complementary

#59B0BD #BD597E #BD9859

monochromatic

#2C676F #3E8F9B #59B0BD #85C5CE #B1DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#59B0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#59B0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0BD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0BD	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.086 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7d0',
    500: '#59b0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0bd;
$custom-light: #90c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0BD

secondary

#CEA9A4

accent

#6555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0BD

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

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