#59A596#59A596

#59A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.079 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A596
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -27.32, 0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 27.32, 179.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0795 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.079 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0777, 31.2343, 33.6610)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A596 #A55968

analogous

#59A570 #59A596 #598EA5

triadic

#59A596 #9659A5 #A59659

tetradic

#59A596 #7059A5 #A55968 #8EA559

square

#59A596 #7059A5 #A55968 #8EA559

split-complementary

#59A596 #A5598E #A57059

monochromatic

#2E554E #447D72 #59A596 #80BBAF #A8D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#59A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#59A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A596

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A596	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.079 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0b4',
    500: '#59a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a596;
$custom-light: #8dc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.158,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66849,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A596

secondary

#BE9CA2

accent

#6275C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A596

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

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