#59BBBB#59BBBB

#59BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.092 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBBB
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -28.56, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 29.88, 197.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0886 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.092 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8561, 41.2495, 53.3399)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBBB #BB5959

analogous

#59BB8A #59BBBB #598ABB

triadic

#59BBBB #BB59BB #BBBB59

tetradic

#59BBBB #8A59BB #BB5959 #8ABB59

square

#59BBBB #8A59BB #BB5959 #8ABB59

split-complementary

#59BBBB #BB598A #BB8A59

monochromatic

#2D6D6D #3E9898 #59BBBB #84CDCD #B0DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#59BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBBB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBBB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.092 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cf',
    500: '#59bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbbb;
$custom-light: #91d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73368,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBBB

secondary

#CDA3A3

accent

#5656D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBBB

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

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