#59BDB2#59BDB2

#59BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDB2
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -31.89, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 32.07, 186.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0947 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.095 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3499, 41.7306, 48.5663)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDB2 #BD5964

analogous

#59BD80 #59BDB2 #5996BD

triadic

#59BDB2 #B259BD #BDB259

tetradic

#59BDB2 #8059BD #BD5964 #96BD59

square

#59BDB2 #8059BD #BD5964 #96BD59

split-complementary

#59BDB2 #BD5996 #BD8059

monochromatic

#2C6F68 #3E9B91 #59BDB2 #85CEC6 #B1E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#59BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDB2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDB2	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)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1c9',
    500: '#59bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdb2;
$custom-light: #90d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDB2

secondary

#CEA4A8

accent

#5563D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDB2

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

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