#59A5AF#59A5AF

#59A5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.077 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5AF
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -20.77, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 24.22, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0685 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.077 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3098, 32.1271, 45.4165)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5AF #AF6359

analogous

#59AF8E #59A5AF #597AAF

triadic

#59A5AF #AF59A5 #A5AF59

tetradic

#59A5AF #8E59AF #AF6359 #7AAF59

square

#59A5AF #8E59AF #AF6359 #7AAF59

split-complementary

#59A5AF #AF597A #AF8E59

monochromatic

#2E5A60 #428189 #59A5AF #82BBC3 #ACD2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#59A5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#59A5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5AF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5AF	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.077 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec0c6',
    500: '#59a5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5af;
$custom-light: #8ec0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5AF

secondary

#C5A39F

accent

#6A5DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5AF

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

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