#59BDCD#59BDCD

#59BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCD
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -24.57, -16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 29.82, 214.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0833 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.096 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3324, 42.9236, 64.2742)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCD #CD6959

analogous

#59CDA3 #59BDCD #5983CD

triadic

#59BDCD #CD59BD #BDCD59

tetradic

#59BDCD #A359CD #CD6959 #83CD59

square

#59BDCD #A359CD #CD6959 #83CD59

split-complementary

#59BDCD #CD5983 #CDA359

monochromatic

#287784 #36A2B3 #59BDCD #88D0DB #B7E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#59BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1dc',
    500: '#59bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdcd;
$custom-light: #92d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCD

secondary

#D8B0AA

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCD

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

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