#59BCCE#59BCCE

#59BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.096 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCCE
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -23.78, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 29.73, 216.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0818 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.096 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2391, 42.5433, 64.8405)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCCE #CE6B59

analogous

#59CEA6 #59BCCE #5981CE

triadic

#59BCCE #CE59BC #BCCE59

tetradic

#59BCCE #A659CE #CE6B59 #81CE59

square

#59BCCE #A659CE #CE6B59 #81CE59

split-complementary

#59BCCE #CE5981 #CEA659

monochromatic

#277785 #35A1B5 #59BCCE #88CFDC #B8E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#59BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCCE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCCE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.096 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0dd',
    500: '#59bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcce;
$custom-light: #92d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCCE

secondary

#D9B1AA

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCCE

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

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