#59B3BF#59B3BF

#59B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.087 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3BF
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -23.48, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 27.51, 211.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.078 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.087 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6401, 38.1229, 55.0766)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3BF #BF6559

analogous

#59BF98 #59B3BF #5980BF

triadic

#59B3BF #BF59B3 #B3BF59

tetradic

#59B3BF #9859BF #BF6559 #80BF59

square

#59B3BF #9859BF #BF6559 #80BF59

split-complementary

#59B3BF #BF5980 #BF9859

monochromatic

#2C6A72 #3D939E #59B3BF #85C7D0 #B1DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#59B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3BF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3BF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.087 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad2',
    500: '#59b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3bf;
$custom-light: #90cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71607,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3BF

secondary

#CFA9A4

accent

#6354D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3BF

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

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