#59BEC9#59BEC9

#59BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BEC9
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -26.20, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 29.93, 208.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.086 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.095 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0716, 43.1646, 61.8358)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BEC9 #C96459

analogous

#59C99C #59BEC9 #5986C9

triadic

#59BEC9 #C959BE #BEC959

tetradic

#59BEC9 #9C59C9 #C96459 #86C959

square

#59BEC9 #9C59C9 #C96459 #86C959

split-complementary

#59BEC9 #C95986 #C99C59

monochromatic

#29767E #38A1AD #59BEC9 #87D0D8 #B5E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#59BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BEC9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BEC9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2d9',
    500: '#59bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bec9;
$custom-light: #92d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.893,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BEC9

secondary

#D6ADA8

accent

#5B4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BEC9

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

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