#59B8CA#59B8CA

#59B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.093 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8CA
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -22.90, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 28.90, 217.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0791 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.093 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9167, 40.6661, 62.0330)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8CA #CA6B59

analogous

#59CAA4 #59B8CA #597FCA

triadic

#59B8CA #CA59B8 #B8CA59

tetradic

#59B8CA #A459CA #CA6B59 #7FCA59

square

#59B8CA #A459CA #CA6B59 #7FCA59

split-complementary

#59B8CA #CA597F #CAA459

monochromatic

#297280 #389BAE #59B8CA #87CCD9 #B6E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#59B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8CA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8CA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.093 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdda',
    500: '#59b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8ca;
$custom-light: #91cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8CA

secondary

#D6B0A8

accent

#634DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8CA

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

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