#59B4BE#59B4BE

#59B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.088 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4BE
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -24.27, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 27.71, 208.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0795 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.088 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7316, 38.4813, 54.5660)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4BE #BE6359

analogous

#59BE96 #59B4BE #5981BE

triadic

#59B4BE #BE59B4 #B4BE59

tetradic

#59B4BE #9659BE #BE6359 #81BE59

square

#59B4BE #9659BE #BE6359 #81BE59

split-complementary

#59B4BE #BE5981 #BE9659

monochromatic

#2C6A71 #3D939D #59B4BE #85C8CF #B1DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#59B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#59B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4BE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4BE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.088 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad1',
    500: '#59b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4be;
$custom-light: #90cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.941,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71807,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4BE

secondary

#CFA8A4

accent

#6154D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4BE

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

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