#59AFAE#59AFAE

#59AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.083 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AFAE
RGB	rgb(89, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -26.12, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 27.17, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0806 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.083 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0867, 35.8374, 45.5261)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AFAE #AF595A

analogous

#59AF83 #59AFAE #5985AF

triadic

#59AFAE #AE59AF #AFAE59

tetradic

#59AFAE #8359AF #AF595A #85AF59

square

#59AFAE #8359AF #AF595A #85AF59

split-complementary

#59AFAE #AF5985 #AF8359

monochromatic

#2E605F #428988 #59AFAE #82C3C2 #ACD7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#59AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#59AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AFAE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AFAE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.083 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7c6',
    500: '#59afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59afae;
$custom-light: #8fc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AFAE

secondary

#C59F9F

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AFAE

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

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