#59B5BB#59B5BB

#59B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.088 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5BB
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -25.60, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 28.03, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0819 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.088 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6097, 38.7567, 52.9245)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5BB #BB5F59

analogous

#59BB90 #59B5BB #5984BB

triadic

#59B5BB #BB59B5 #B5BB59

tetradic

#59B5BB #9059BB #BB5F59 #84BB59

square

#59B5BB #9059BB #BB5F59 #84BB59

split-complementary

#59B5BB #BB5984 #BB9059

monochromatic

#2D696D #3E9398 #59B5BB #84C8CD #B0DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#59B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#59B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5BB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5BB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.088 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbcf',
    500: '#59b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5bb;
$custom-light: #90cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5BB

secondary

#CDA6A3

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5BB

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

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