#59BDBF#59BDBF

#59BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.093 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDBF
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -28.46, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 30.14, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0891 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.093 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7175, 42.2776, 55.7690)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDBF #BF5B59

analogous

#59BF8E #59BDBF #598ABF

triadic

#59BDBF #BF59BD #BDBF59

tetradic

#59BDBF #8E59BF #BF5B59 #8ABF59

square

#59BDBF #8E59BF #BF5B59 #8ABF59

split-complementary

#59BDBF #BF598A #BF8E59

monochromatic

#2C7072 #3D9C9E #59BDBF #85CFD0 #B1E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#59BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDBF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDBF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.093 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1d2',
    500: '#59bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdbf;
$custom-light: #91d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDBF

secondary

#CFA5A4

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDBF

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

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