#59A5AE#59A5AE

#59A5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.076 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5AE
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -21.05, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 24.20, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.069 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.076 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2120, 32.0880, 44.9012)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5AE #AE6259

analogous

#59AE8D #59A5AE #597BAE

triadic

#59A5AE #AE59A5 #A5AE59

tetradic

#59A5AE #8D59AE #AE6259 #7BAE59

square

#59A5AE #8D59AE #AE6259 #7BAE59

split-complementary

#59A5AE #AE597B #AE8D59

monochromatic

#2E595E #428088 #59A5AE #82BBC2 #ABD2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#59A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#59A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5AE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5AE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.076 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0c6',
    500: '#59a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5ae;
$custom-light: #8ec0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67656,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5AE

secondary

#C4A39F

accent

#695DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5AE

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

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