#59B8BE#59B8BE

#59B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8BE
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -26.27, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 28.72, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.084 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5508, 40.1197, 54.8391)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8BE #BE5F59

analogous

#59BE91 #59B8BE #5986BE

triadic

#59B8BE #BE59B8 #B8BE59

tetradic

#59B8BE #9159BE #BE5F59 #86BE59

square

#59B8BE #9159BE #BE5F59 #86BE59

split-complementary

#59B8BE #BE5986 #BE9159

monochromatic

#2C6C71 #3D979D #59B8BE #85CBCF #B1DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#59B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8BE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8BE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdd1',
    500: '#59b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8be;
$custom-light: #91cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.564,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8BE

secondary

#CFA7A4

accent

#5C54D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8BE

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

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