#59BBB4#59BBB4

#59BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#59BBB4
RGBrgb(89, 187, 180)
HSLhsl(176, 42%, 54%)
HSVhsv(176, 52%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(52.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.15, -30.41, -5.25)
CIE-LCHlch(70.15, 30.86, 189.79°)
OKLaboklab(73.13% -0.0916 -0.0147)
OKLCHoklch(73.13% 0.093 189.1)
XYZxyz(30.1249, 40.9570, 49.4891)
Luminance0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#59BBB4 #BB5960
analogous
#59BB83 #59BBB4 #5991BB
triadic
#59BBB4 #B459BB #BBB459
tetradic
#59BBB4 #8359BB #BB5960 #91BB59
square
#59BBB4 #8359BB #BB5960 #91BB59
split-complementary
#59BBB4 #BB5991 #BB8359
monochromatic
#2D6D68 #3E9892 #59BBB4 #84CDC8 #B0DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#59BBB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19
#59BBB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBB4
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##59BBB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##59BBB41.002.289.199.19
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1921.001.001.00
##0000009.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B2B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A6B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#11BFB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #59bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 189.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0ca',
    500: '#59bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #59bbb4;
$custom-light: #90d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#59bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#59BBB4
secondary
#CDA3A6
accent
#565FD2
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F2F9F8
border
#CCD2D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

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#59BBB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva