#59C0BD#59C0BD

#59C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C0BD
RGB	rgb(89, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -30.45, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 31.38, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0933 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.096 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1509, 43.4942, 54.8351)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C0BD #C0595C

analogous

#59C089 #59C0BD #5990C0

triadic

#59C0BD #BD59C0 #C0BD59

tetradic

#59C0BD #8959C0 #C0595C #90C059

square

#59C0BD #8959C0 #C0595C #90C059

split-complementary

#59C0BD #C05990 #C08959

monochromatic

#2C7371 #3C9F9C #59C0BD #85D1CF #B2E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#59C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#59C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C0BD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C0BD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3d0',
    500: '#59c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c0bd;
$custom-light: #91d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C0BD

secondary

#D0A5A6

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C0BD

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

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