#59B9CC#59B9CC

#59B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.094 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B9CC
RGB	rgb(89, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -22.84, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 29.19, 218.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0794 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.094 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3635, 41.1783, 63.3577)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B9CC #CC6C59

analogous

#59CCA5 #59B9CC #5980CC

triadic

#59B9CC #CC59B9 #B9CC59

tetradic

#59B9CC #A559CC #CC6C59 #80CC59

square

#59B9CC #A559CC #CC6C59 #80CC59

split-complementary

#59B9CC #CC5980 #CCA559

monochromatic

#287483 #369DB1 #59B9CC #88CDDA #B7E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#59B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B9CC

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B9CC	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.094 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cedb',
    500: '#59b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b9cc;
$custom-light: #92cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.913,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B9CC

secondary

#D8B1A9

accent

#634BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B9CC

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

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