#59B4BC#59B4BC

#59B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.087 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4BC
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -24.82, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 27.74, 206.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0804 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.087 203)
XYZ	xyz(29.5145, 38.3945, 53.4227)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4BC #BC6159

analogous

#59BC92 #59B4BC #5983BC

triadic

#59B4BC #BC59B4 #B4BC59

tetradic

#59B4BC #9259BC #BC6159 #83BC59

square

#59B4BC #9259BC #BC6159 #83BC59

split-complementary

#59B4BC #BC5983 #BC9259

monochromatic

#2C696E #3E929A #59B4BC #85C8CE #B0DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#59B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4BC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4BC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.087 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad0',
    500: '#59b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4bc;
$custom-light: #90cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4BC

secondary

#CDA7A3

accent

#6056D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4BC

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

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