#59BDCE#59BDCE

#59BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.096 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCE
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -24.29, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 29.88, 215.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0829 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.096 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4535, 42.9720, 64.9120)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCE #CE6A59

analogous

#59CEA4 #59BDCE #5982CE

triadic

#59BDCE #CE59BD #BDCE59

tetradic

#59BDCE #A459CE #CE6A59 #82CE59

square

#59BDCE #A459CE #CE6A59 #82CE59

split-complementary

#59BDCE #CE5982 #CEA459

monochromatic

#277885 #35A2B5 #59BDCE #88D0DC #B8E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#59BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCE

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCE	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)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.096 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1dd',
    500: '#59bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdce;
$custom-light: #92d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.718,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCE

secondary

#D9B1AA

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCE

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

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