#59BEC5#59BEC5

#59BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.094 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEC5
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -27.31, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 30.02, 204.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0877 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.094 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6072, 42.9788, 59.3899)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEC5 #C56059

analogous

#59C596 #59BEC5 #5988C5

triadic

#59BEC5 #C559BE #BEC559

tetradic

#59BEC5 #9659C5 #C56059 #88C559

square

#59BEC5 #9659C5 #C56059 #88C559

split-complementary

#59BEC5 #C55988 #C59659

monochromatic

#2A7479 #3AA0A7 #59BEC5 #86D0D5 #B4E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#59BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#59BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEC5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEC5	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)

#B2B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.094 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2d6',
    500: '#59bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bec5;
$custom-light: #92d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.889,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEC5

secondary

#D3A9A7

accent

#5950D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEC5

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

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