#59B09D#59B09D

#59B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.089 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B09D
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -30.95, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 30.99, 176.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0893 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.089 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7284, 35.6066, 37.4087)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B09D #B0596C

analogous

#59B072 #59B09D #5997B0

triadic

#59B09D #9D59B0 #B09D59

tetradic

#59B09D #7259B0 #B0596C #97B059

square

#59B09D #7259B0 #B0596C #97B059

split-complementary

#59B09D #B05997 #B07259

monochromatic

#2E6156 #428A7A #59B09D #82C4B5 #ACD7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#59B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#59B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B09D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B09D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.089 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8b9',
    500: '#59b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b09d;
$custom-light: #8ec8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.897,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B09D

secondary

#C59FA8

accent

#5C75CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B09D

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

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