#59A48D#59A48D

#59A48D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.083 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A48D
RGB	rgb(89, 164, 141)
HSL	hsl(162, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 0%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -28.99, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 29.37, 170.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0824 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.083 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2010, 30.5961, 29.9299)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A48D #A45970

analogous

#59A468 #59A48D #5996A4

triadic

#59A48D #8D59A4 #A48D59

tetradic

#59A48D #6859A4 #A45970 #96A459

square

#59A48D #6859A4 #A45970 #96A459

split-complementary

#59A48D #A45996 #A46859

monochromatic

#2E5549 #437C6B #59A48D #80BAA8 #A8D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#59A48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#59A48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A48D

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A48D	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94938F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 164, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.083 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfae',
    500: '#59a48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a48d;
$custom-light: #8cbfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.6,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66334,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A48D

secondary

#BE9BA6

accent

#6281C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A48D

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

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