#59B1BE#59B1BE

#59B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.086 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B1BE
RGB	rgb(89, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -22.75, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 27.09, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0761 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.086 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1325, 37.2832, 54.3663)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B1BE #BE6659

analogous

#59BE99 #59B1BE #597EBE

triadic

#59B1BE #BE59B1 #B1BE59

tetradic

#59B1BE #9959BE #BE6659 #7EBE59

square

#59B1BE #9959BE #BE6659 #7EBE59

split-complementary

#59B1BE #BE597E #BE9959

monochromatic

#2C6871 #3D909D #59B1BE #85C6CF #B1DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#59B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#59B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B1BE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B1BE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.086 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8d1',
    500: '#59b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b1be;
$custom-light: #90c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.723,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71097,
    "c": 0.08633,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B1BE

secondary

#CFAAA4

accent

#6554D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B1BE

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

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