#59BDC8#59BDC8

#59BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.094 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDC8
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -25.98, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 29.71, 209.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0854 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.094 205)
XYZ	xyz(32.7385, 42.6860, 61.1463)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDC8 #C86459

analogous

#59C89C #59BDC8 #5986C8

triadic

#59BDC8 #C859BD #BDC859

tetradic

#59BDC8 #9C59C8 #C86459 #86C859

square

#59BDC8 #9C59C8 #C86459 #86C859

split-complementary

#59BDC8 #C85986 #C89C59

monochromatic

#29757D #39A0AB #59BDC8 #87CFD7 #B5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#59BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDC8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDC8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.094 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1d8',
    500: '#59bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdc8;
$custom-light: #92d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.42689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDC8

secondary

#D5ACA8

accent

#5C4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDC8

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

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