#59BDCF#59BDCF

#59BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDCF
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -24.00, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 29.94, 216.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0825 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.096 211)
XYZ	xyz(33.5754, 43.0208, 65.5538)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDCF #CF6B59

analogous

#59CFA6 #59BDCF #5982CF

triadic

#59BDCF #CF59BD #BDCF59

tetradic

#59BDCF #A659CF #CF6B59 #82CF59

square

#59BDCF #A659CF #CF6B59 #82CF59

split-complementary

#59BDCF #CF5982 #CFA659

monochromatic

#277887 #35A2B6 #59BDCF #88D0DD #B8E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#59BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDCF

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDCF	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 211.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.43024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDCF

secondary

#D9B2AA

accent

#6049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDCF

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

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