#59B4BB#59B4BB

#59B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.087 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4BB
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -25.10, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 27.76, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0808 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.087 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4071, 38.3515, 52.8569)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4BB #BB6059

analogous

#59BB91 #59B4BB #5983BB

triadic

#59B4BB #BB59B4 #B4BB59

tetradic

#59B4BB #9159BB #BB6059 #83BB59

square

#59B4BB #9159BB #BB6059 #83BB59

split-complementary

#59B4BB #BB5983 #BB9159

monochromatic

#2D686D #3E9298 #59B4BB #84C8CD #B0DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#59B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4BB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4BB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.087 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cacf',
    500: '#59b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4bb;
$custom-light: #90cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4BB

secondary

#CDA6A3

accent

#5F56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4BB

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

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