#59B59D#59B59D

#59B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B59D
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -33.32, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.55, 173.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0951 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.096 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7269, 37.6036, 37.7415)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B59D #B55971

analogous

#59B56F #59B59D #599FB5

triadic

#59B59D #9D59B5 #B59D59

tetradic

#59B59D #6F59B5 #B55971 #9FB559

square

#59B59D #6F59B5 #B55971 #9FB559

split-complementary

#59B59D #B5599F #B56F59

monochromatic

#2E6657 #40907C #59B59D #83C8B6 #AEDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#59B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#59B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B59D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B59D	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbb9',
    500: '#59b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b59d;
$custom-light: #8ecbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B59D

secondary

#C9A1AB

accent

#5A78CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B59D

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

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