#59B3BC#59B3BC

#59B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.087 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3BC
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -24.32, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 27.49, 207.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0792 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.087 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3134, 37.9922, 53.3557)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3BC #BC6259

analogous

#59BC94 #59B3BC #5982BC

triadic

#59B3BC #BC59B3 #B3BC59

tetradic

#59B3BC #9459BC #BC6259 #82BC59

square

#59B3BC #9459BC #BC6259 #82BC59

split-complementary

#59B3BC #BC5982 #BC9459

monochromatic

#2C686E #3E919A #59B3BC #85C7CE #B0DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#59B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#59B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3BC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3BC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.087 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad0',
    500: '#59b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3bc;
$custom-light: #90cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3BC

secondary

#CDA7A3

accent

#6156D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3BC

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

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