#59BEC8#59BEC8

#59BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEC8
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -26.48, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 29.94, 207.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0864 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9543, 43.1177, 61.2183)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEC8 #C86359

analogous

#59C89A #59BEC8 #5987C8

triadic

#59BEC8 #C859BE #BEC859

tetradic

#59BEC8 #9A59C8 #C86359 #87C859

square

#59BEC8 #9A59C8 #C86359 #87C859

split-complementary

#59BEC8 #C85987 #C89A59

monochromatic

#29767D #39A1AB #59BEC8 #87D0D7 #B5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#59BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEC8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEC8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2d8',
    500: '#59bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bec8;
$custom-light: #92d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.405,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74535,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEC8

secondary

#D5ACA8

accent

#5B4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEC8

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

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