#59B5BF#59B5BF

#59B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.088 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5BF
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -24.49, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 27.94, 208.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0802 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.088 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0439, 38.9304, 55.2112)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5BF #BF6359

analogous

#59BF96 #59B5BF #5982BF

triadic

#59B5BF #BF59B5 #B5BF59

tetradic

#59B5BF #9659BF #BF6359 #82BF59

square

#59B5BF #9659BF #BF6359 #82BF59

split-complementary

#59B5BF #BF5982 #BF9659

monochromatic

#2C6B72 #3D949E #59B5BF #85C9D0 #B1DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#59B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#59B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5BF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5BF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.088 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cbd2',
    500: '#59b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5bf;
$custom-light: #90cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.08841,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5BF

secondary

#CFA9A4

accent

#6054D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5BF

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

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