#59B4BF#59B4BF

#59B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.088 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B4BF
RGB	rgb(89, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -23.99, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 27.72, 210.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0791 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.088 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8413, 38.5252, 55.1436)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B4BF #BF6459

analogous

#59BF97 #59B4BF #5981BF

triadic

#59B4BF #BF59B4 #B4BF59

tetradic

#59B4BF #9759BF #BF6459 #81BF59

square

#59B4BF #9759BF #BF6459 #81BF59

split-complementary

#59B4BF #BF5981 #BF9759

monochromatic

#2C6A72 #3D939E #59B4BF #85C8D0 #B1DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#59B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#59B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B4BF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B4BF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.088 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cad2',
    500: '#59b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b4bf;
$custom-light: #90cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B4BF

secondary

#CFA9A4

accent

#6254D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B4BF

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

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