#59BBCD#59BBCD

#59BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBCD
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -23.56, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 29.52, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0811 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.095 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9052, 42.0691, 64.1318)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBCD #CD6B59

analogous

#59CDA5 #59BBCD #5981CD

triadic

#59BBCD #CD59BB #BBCD59

tetradic

#59BBCD #A559CD #CD6B59 #81CD59

square

#59BBCD #A559CD #CD6B59 #81CD59

split-complementary

#59BBCD #CD5981 #CDA559

monochromatic

#287684 #36A0B3 #59BBCD #88CEDB #B7E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#59BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#59BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBCD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBCD	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfdc',
    500: '#59bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbcd;
$custom-light: #92cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBCD

secondary

#D8B1AA

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBCD

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

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