#59B4BD#59B4BD

#59B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4BD
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -24.54, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 27.72, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0799 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.088 204)
XYZ	xyz(29.6227, 38.4378, 53.9924)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4BD #BD6259

analogous

#59BD94 #59B4BD #5982BD

triadic

#59B4BD #BD59B4 #B4BD59

tetradic

#59B4BD #9459BD #BD6259 #82BD59

square

#59B4BD #9459BD #BD6259 #82BD59

split-complementary

#59B4BD #BD5982 #BD9459

monochromatic

#2C696F #3E939B #59B4BD #85C8CE #B1DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#59B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4BD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4BD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad0',
    500: '#59b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4bd;
$custom-light: #90cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71771,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4BD

secondary

#CEA8A4

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4BD

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

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