#59B5B3#59B5B3

#59B5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.088 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5B3
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -27.76, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 28.72, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0853 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.088 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7770, 38.4237, 48.5391)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5B3 #B5595B

analogous

#59B585 #59B5B3 #5989B5

triadic

#59B5B3 #B359B5 #B5B359

tetradic

#59B5B3 #8559B5 #B5595B #89B559

square

#59B5B3 #8559B5 #B5595B #89B559

split-complementary

#59B5B3 #B55989 #B58559

monochromatic

#2E6665 #40908F #59B5B3 #83C8C6 #AEDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#59B5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5B3

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5B3	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)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.088 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbc9',
    500: '#59b5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5b3;
$custom-light: #90cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5B3

secondary

#C9A1A2

accent

#5A5CCE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5B3

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

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