#59BCBC#59BCBC

#59BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.093 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCBC
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -28.78, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 30.11, 197.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0893 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.093 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1764, 41.7182, 53.9767)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCBC #BC5959

analogous

#59BC8B #59BCBC #598BBC

triadic

#59BCBC #BC59BC #BCBC59

tetradic

#59BCBC #8B59BC #BC5959 #8BBC59

square

#59BCBC #8B59BC #BC5959 #8BBC59

split-complementary

#59BCBC #BC598B #BC8B59

monochromatic

#2C6E6E #3E9A9A #59BCBC #85CECE #B0DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#59BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCBC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCBC	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)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.093 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0d0',
    500: '#59bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcbc;
$custom-light: #91d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCBC

secondary

#CDA3A3

accent

#5656D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCBC

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

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