#59BEBF#59BEBF

#59BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.094 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEBF
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -28.95, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 30.46, 198.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0902 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.094 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9333, 42.7093, 55.8410)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEBF #BF5A59

analogous

#59BF8D #59BEBF #598BBF

triadic

#59BEBF #BF59BE #BEBF59

tetradic

#59BEBF #8D59BF #BF5A59 #8BBF59

square

#59BEBF #8D59BF #BF5A59 #8BBF59

split-complementary

#59BEBF #BF598B #BF8D59

monochromatic

#2C7172 #3D9D9E #59BEBF #85CFD0 #B1E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#59BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#59BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEBF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEBF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.094 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2d2',
    500: '#59bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bebf;
$custom-light: #91d2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7422,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEBF

secondary

#CFA5A4

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEBF

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

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