#59BBC5#59BBC5

#59BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBC5
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -25.82, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 29.28, 208.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0844 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.093 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9641, 41.6927, 59.1755)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBC5 #C56359

analogous

#59C599 #59BBC5 #5985C5

triadic

#59BBC5 #C559BB #BBC559

tetradic

#59BBC5 #9959C5 #C56359 #85C559

square

#59BBC5 #9959C5 #C56359 #85C559

split-complementary

#59BBC5 #C55985 #C59959

monochromatic

#2A7279 #3A9DA7 #59BBC5 #86CED5 #B4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#59BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBC5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBC5	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfd6',
    500: '#59bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbc5;
$custom-light: #91cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBC5

secondary

#D3ABA7

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBC5

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

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