#59B1B2#59B1B2

#59B1B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.085 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B1B2
RGB	rgb(89, 177, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -26.04, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 27.44, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0812 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.085 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8746, 36.7800, 47.7412)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B1B2 #B25A59

analogous

#59B286 #59B1B2 #5985B2

triadic

#59B1B2 #B259B1 #B1B259

tetradic

#59B1B2 #8659B2 #B25A59 #85B259

square

#59B1B2 #8659B2 #B25A59 #85B259

split-complementary

#59B1B2 #B25985 #B28659

monochromatic

#2E6263 #418C8D #59B1B2 #83C5C5 #ADD8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#59B1B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#59B1B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B1B2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B1B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B1B2	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b1b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 177, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.085 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8c9',
    500: '#59b1b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b1b2;
$custom-light: #8fc8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b1b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.674,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70668,
    "c": 0.08463,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B1B2

secondary

#C7A0A0

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B1B2

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

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