#59B5BE#59B5BE

#59B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.088 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5BE
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -24.77, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 27.95, 207.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0806 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.088 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9342, 38.8865, 54.6336)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5BE #BE6259

analogous

#59BE95 #59B5BE #5982BE

triadic

#59B5BE #BE59B5 #B5BE59

tetradic

#59B5BE #9559BE #BE6259 #82BE59

square

#59B5BE #9559BE #BE6259 #82BE59

split-complementary

#59B5BE #BE5982 #BE9559

monochromatic

#2C6A71 #3D949D #59B5BE #85C9CF #B1DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#59B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#59B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5BE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5BE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.088 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbd1',
    500: '#59b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5be;
$custom-light: #90cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.347,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5BE

secondary

#CFA8A4

accent

#6054D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5BE

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

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