#59B3BE#59B3BE

#59B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.087 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3BE
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -23.76, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 27.49, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0784 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.087 206)
XYZ	xyz(29.5305, 38.0790, 54.4990)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3BE #BE6459

analogous

#59BE97 #59B3BE #5980BE

triadic

#59B3BE #BE59B3 #B3BE59

tetradic

#59B3BE #9759BE #BE6459 #80BE59

square

#59B3BE #9759BE #BE6459 #80BE59

split-complementary

#59B3BE #BE5980 #BE9759

monochromatic

#2C6971 #3D929D #59B3BE #85C7CF #B1DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#59B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#59B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3BE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3BE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.087 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad1',
    500: '#59b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3be;
$custom-light: #90cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3BE

secondary

#CFA9A4

accent

#6254D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3BE

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

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