#59BCBE#59BCBE

#59BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCBE
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -28.24, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 29.91, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0884 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.093 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3935, 41.8050, 55.1200)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCBE #BE5B59

analogous

#59BE8E #59BCBE #598ABE

triadic

#59BCBE #BE59BC #BCBE59

tetradic

#59BCBE #8E59BE #BE5B59 #8ABE59

square

#59BCBE #8E59BE #BE5B59 #8ABE59

split-complementary

#59BCBE #BE598A #BE8E59

monochromatic

#2C6F71 #3D9B9D #59BCBE #85CECF #B1E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#59BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#59BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCBE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCBE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0d1',
    500: '#59bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcbe;
$custom-light: #91d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.188,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCBE

secondary

#CFA5A4

accent

#5754D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCBE

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

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