#59BBC9#59BBC9

#59BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.094 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBC9
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -24.70, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 29.32, 212.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0828 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.094 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4285, 41.8784, 61.6214)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBC9 #C96759

analogous

#59C99F #59BBC9 #5983C9

triadic

#59BBC9 #C959BB #BBC959

tetradic

#59BBC9 #9F59C9 #C96759 #83C959

square

#59BBC9 #9F59C9 #C96759 #83C959

split-complementary

#59BBC9 #C95983 #C99F59

monochromatic

#29747E #389EAD #59BBC9 #87CED8 #B5E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#59BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#59BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBC9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBC9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.094 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfd9',
    500: '#59bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbc9;
$custom-light: #92cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73864,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBC9

secondary

#D6AEA8

accent

#5F4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBC9

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

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