#59BDCC#59BDCC

#59BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCC
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -24.85, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 29.78, 213.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0837 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.095 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2121, 42.8755, 63.6406)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCC #CC6859

analogous

#59CCA1 #59BDCC #5984CC

triadic

#59BDCC #CC59BD #BDCC59

tetradic

#59BDCC #A159CC #CC6859 #84CC59

square

#59BDCC #A159CC #CC6859 #84CC59

split-complementary

#59BDCC #CC5984 #CCA159

monochromatic

#287783 #36A1B1 #59BDCC #88D0DA #B7E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#59BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCC	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1db',
    500: '#59bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdcc;
$custom-light: #92d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCC

secondary

#D8AFA9

accent

#5E4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCC

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

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