#59BDCB#59BDCB

#59BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCB
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -25.14, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 29.75, 212.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0841 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.095 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0925, 42.8276, 63.0109)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCB #CB6759

analogous

#59CBA0 #59BDCB #5984CB

triadic

#59BDCB #CB59BD #BDCB59

tetradic

#59BDCB #A059CB #CB6759 #84CB59

square

#59BDCB #A059CB #CB6759 #84CB59

split-complementary

#59BDCB #CB5984 #CBA059

monochromatic

#287681 #37A1B0 #59BDCB #88D0DA #B6E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#59BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCB

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCB	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 207.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.368,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCB

secondary

#D7AEA9

accent

#5E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCB

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

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