#59B9BE#59B9BE

#59B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.091 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9BE
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -26.76, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 29.00, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0851 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.091 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7592, 40.5366, 54.9086)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9BE #BE5E59

analogous

#59BE90 #59B9BE #5987BE

triadic

#59B9BE #BE59B9 #B9BE59

tetradic

#59B9BE #9059BE #BE5E59 #87BE59

square

#59B9BE #9059BE #BE5E59 #87BE59

split-complementary

#59B9BE #BE5987 #BE9059

monochromatic

#2C6D71 #3D989D #59B9BE #85CCCF #B1DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#59B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#59B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9BE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9BE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.091 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ced1',
    500: '#59b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9be;
$custom-light: #91ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.97,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9BE

secondary

#CFA6A4

accent

#5B54D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9BE

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

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