#59BCB3#59BCB3

#59BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCB3
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -31.15, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 31.45, 187.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0932 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.094 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2363, 41.3422, 49.0255)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCB3 #BC5962

analogous

#59BC82 #59BCB3 #5994BC

triadic

#59BCB3 #B359BC #BCB359

tetradic

#59BCB3 #8259BC #BC5962 #94BC59

square

#59BCB3 #8259BC #BC5962 #94BC59

split-complementary

#59BCB3 #BC5994 #BC8259

monochromatic

#2C6E68 #3E9A91 #59BCB3 #85CEC7 #B0DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#59BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCB3

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCB3	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c9',
    500: '#59bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcb3;
$custom-light: #90d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCB3

secondary

#CDA3A7

accent

#5661D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCB3

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

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