#59BDCA#59BDCA

#59BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCA
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -25.42, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 29.73, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0845 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.095 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9737, 42.7801, 62.3854)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCA #CA6659

analogous

#59CA9F #59BDCA #5984CA

triadic

#59BDCA #CA59BD #BDCA59

tetradic

#59BDCA #9F59CA #CA6659 #84CA59

square

#59BDCA #9F59CA #CA6659 #84CA59

split-complementary

#59BDCA #CA5984 #CA9F59

monochromatic

#297680 #38A1AE #59BDCA #87CFD9 #B6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#59BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1da',
    500: '#59bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdca;
$custom-light: #92d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.903,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74372,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCA

secondary

#D6AEA8

accent

#5D4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCA

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

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