#59BDBA#59BDBA

#59BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.094 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDBA
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -29.80, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 30.70, 193.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0913 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.094 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1766, 42.0613, 52.9205)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDBA #BD595C

analogous

#59BD88 #59BDBA #598EBD

triadic

#59BDBA #BA59BD #BDBA59

tetradic

#59BDBA #8859BD #BD595C #8EBD59

square

#59BDBA #8859BD #BD595C #8EBD59

split-complementary

#59BDBA #BD598E #BD8859

monochromatic

#2C6F6D #3E9B98 #59BDBA #85CECC #B1E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#59BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#59BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDBA

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDBA	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.094 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ce',
    500: '#59bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdba;
$custom-light: #91d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDBA

secondary

#CEA4A5

accent

#5559D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDBA

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

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