#59BCBD#59BCBD

#59BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCBD
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -28.51, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 30.00, 198.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0889 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.093 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2845, 41.7615, 54.5463)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCBD #BD5A59

analogous

#59BD8C #59BCBD #598ABD

triadic

#59BCBD #BD59BC #BCBD59

tetradic

#59BCBD #8C59BD #BD5A59 #8ABD59

square

#59BCBD #8C59BD #BD5A59 #8ABD59

split-complementary

#59BCBD #BD598A #BD8C59

monochromatic

#2C6F6F #3E9A9B #59BCBD #85CECE #B1DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#59BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCBD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCBD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 196.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCBD

secondary

#CEA4A4

accent

#5655D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCBD

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

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