#59A3AE#59A3AE

#59A3AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.075 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3AE
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -20.01, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 23.77, 212.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0666 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.075 208)
XYZ	xyz(24.8540, 31.3721, 44.7819)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3AE #AE6459

analogous

#59AE8F #59A3AE #5979AE

triadic

#59A3AE #AE59A3 #A3AE59

tetradic

#59A3AE #8F59AE #AE6459 #79AE59

square

#59A3AE #8F59AE #AE6459 #79AE59

split-complementary

#59A3AE #AE5979 #AE8F59

monochromatic

#2E585E #427F88 #59A3AE #82BAC2 #ABD1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#59A3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#59A3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3AE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3AE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.075 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebec6',
    500: '#59a3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3ae;
$custom-light: #8ebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67179,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.31374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3AE

secondary

#C4A49F

accent

#6B5DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3AE

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

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