#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
RGBrgb(89, 185, 191)
HSLhsl(184, 44%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 53%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(53.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.88, -26.49, -11.68)
CIE-LCHlch(69.88, 28.95, 203.79°)
OKLaboklab(73.03% -0.0847 -0.0323)
OKLCHoklch(73.03% 0.091 200.9)
XYZxyz(30.8689, 40.5805, 55.4862)
Luminance0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##59B9BF1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

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

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#59B9BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva