#59BDBD#59BDBD

#59BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDBD
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -29.00, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 30.34, 197.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.09 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.093 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4989, 42.1902, 54.6178)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDBD #BD5959

analogous

#59BD8B #59BDBD #598BBD

triadic

#59BDBD #BD59BD #BDBD59

tetradic

#59BDBD #8B59BD #BD5959 #8BBD59

square

#59BDBD #8B59BD #BD5959 #8BBD59

split-complementary

#59BDBD #BD598B #BD8B59

monochromatic

#2C6F6F #3E9B9B #59BDBD #85CECE #B1E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#59BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDBD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDBD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1d0',
    500: '#59bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdbd;
$custom-light: #91d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73913,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDBD

secondary

#CEA4A4

accent

#5555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDBD

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

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