#59BDBE#59BDBE

#59BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDBE
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -28.73, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 30.23, 198.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0895 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.093 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6078, 42.2338, 55.1914)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDBE #BE5A59

analogous

#59BE8D #59BDBE #598BBE

triadic

#59BDBE #BE59BD #BDBE59

tetradic

#59BDBE #8D59BE #BE5A59 #8BBE59

square

#59BDBE #8D59BE #BE5A59 #8BBE59

split-complementary

#59BDBE #BE598B #BE8D59

monochromatic

#2C7071 #3D9C9D #59BDBE #85CECF #B1E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#59BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDBE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDBE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1d1',
    500: '#59bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdbe;
$custom-light: #91d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.594,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDBE

secondary

#CFA5A4

accent

#5654D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDBE

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

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