#59BFBE#59BFBE

#59BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFBE
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -29.70, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 30.90, 196.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0917 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.095 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0410, 43.1001, 55.3358)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFBE #BF595A

analogous

#59BF8B #59BFBE #598DBF

triadic

#59BFBE #BE59BF #BFBE59

tetradic

#59BFBE #8B59BF #BF595A #8DBF59

square

#59BFBE #8B59BF #BF595A #8DBF59

split-complementary

#59BFBE #BF598D #BF8B59

monochromatic

#2C7271 #3D9E9D #59BFBE #85D0CF #B1E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#59BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#59BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFBE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2d1',
    500: '#59bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfbe;
$custom-light: #91d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFBE

secondary

#CFA4A5

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFBE

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

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