#59B2BC#59B2BC

#59B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.086 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2BC
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -23.81, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 27.26, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0781 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.086 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1137, 37.5928, 53.2891)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2BC #BC6359

analogous

#59BC95 #59B2BC #5981BC

triadic

#59B2BC #BC59B2 #B2BC59

tetradic

#59B2BC #9559BC #BC6359 #81BC59

square

#59B2BC #9559BC #BC6359 #81BC59

split-complementary

#59B2BC #BC5981 #BC9559

monochromatic

#2C686E #3E909A #59B2BC #85C6CE #B0DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#59B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#59B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2BC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2BC	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.086 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9d0',
    500: '#59b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2bc;
$custom-light: #90c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2BC

secondary

#CDA8A3

accent

#6256D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2BC

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

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