#59BCBF#59BCBF

#59BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.093 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCBF
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -27.97, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 29.82, 200.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.088 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.093 198)
XYZ	xyz(31.5031, 41.8489, 55.6976)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCBF #BF5C59

analogous

#59BF8F #59BCBF #5989BF

triadic

#59BCBF #BF59BC #BCBF59

tetradic

#59BCBF #8F59BF #BF5C59 #89BF59

square

#59BCBF #8F59BF #BF5C59 #89BF59

split-complementary

#59BCBF #BF5989 #BF8F59

monochromatic

#2C7072 #3D9B9E #59BCBF #85CED0 #B1E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#59BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#59BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCBF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCBF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.093 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0d2',
    500: '#59bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcbf;
$custom-light: #91d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.41852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCBF

secondary

#CFA6A4

accent

#5854D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCBF

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

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