#59BCBA#59BCBA

#59BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.093 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCBA
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -29.31, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 30.34, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0901 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.093 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9623, 41.6326, 52.8491)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCBA #BC595B

analogous

#59BC89 #59BCBA #598DBC

triadic

#59BCBA #BA59BC #BCBA59

tetradic

#59BCBA #8959BC #BC595B #8DBC59

square

#59BCBA #8959BC #BC595B #8DBC59

split-complementary

#59BCBA #BC598D #BC8959

monochromatic

#2C6E6D #3E9A98 #59BCBA #85CECC #B0DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#59BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCBA

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCBA	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.093 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ce',
    500: '#59bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcba;
$custom-light: #91d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.788,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCBA

secondary

#CDA3A4

accent

#5658D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCBA

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

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