#59B9BF#59B9BF

#59B9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.091 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9BF
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -26.49, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 28.95, 203.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0847 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.091 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8689, 40.5805, 55.4862)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9BF #BF5F59

analogous

#59BF92 #59B9BF #5986BF

triadic

#59B9BF #BF59B9 #B9BF59

tetradic

#59B9BF #9259BF #BF5F59 #86BF59

square

#59B9BF #9259BF #BF5F59 #86BF59

split-complementary

#59B9BF #BF5986 #BF9259

monochromatic

#2C6E72 #3D989E #59B9BF #85CCD0 #B1DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59B9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#59B9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9BF

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9BF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.091 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ced2',
    500: '#59b9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9bf;
$custom-light: #91ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9BF

secondary

#CFA7A4

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9BF

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

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