#59B596#59B596

#59B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B596
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -34.97, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 35.76, 167.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0983 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.1 169)
XYZ	xyz(26.1463, 37.3714, 34.6838)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B596 #B55978

analogous

#59B568 #59B596 #59A6B5

triadic

#59B596 #9659B5 #B59659

tetradic

#59B596 #6859B5 #B55978 #A6B559

square

#59B596 #6859B5 #B55978 #A6B559

split-complementary

#59B596 #B559A6 #B56859

monochromatic

#2E6653 #409075 #59B596 #83C8B1 #AEDBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#59B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#59B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B596

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B596	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbb4',
    500: '#59b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b596;
$custom-light: #8ecbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.783,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70775,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B596

secondary

#C9A1AE

accent

#5A81CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B596

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

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