#59B2BD#59B2BD

#59B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.086 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2BD
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -23.54, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 27.27, 210.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0777 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.087 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2218, 37.6361, 53.8588)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2BD #BD6459

analogous

#59BD96 #59B2BD #5980BD

triadic

#59B2BD #BD59B2 #B2BD59

tetradic

#59B2BD #9659BD #BD6459 #80BD59

square

#59B2BD #9659BD #BD6459 #80BD59

split-complementary

#59B2BD #BD5980 #BD9659

monochromatic

#2C686F #3E919B #59B2BD #85C6CE #B1DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#59B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#59B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2BD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2BD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.086 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9d0',
    500: '#59b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2bd;
$custom-light: #90c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2BD

secondary

#CEA8A4

accent

#6355D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2BD

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

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