#59B59E#59B59E

#59B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B59E
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -33.08, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 33.25, 174.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0947 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.095 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8126, 37.6379, 38.1930)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B59E #B55970

analogous

#59B570 #59B59E #599EB5

triadic

#59B59E #9E59B5 #B59E59

tetradic

#59B59E #7059B5 #B55970 #9EB559

square

#59B59E #7059B5 #B55970 #9EB559

split-complementary

#59B59E #B5599E #B57059

monochromatic

#2E6658 #40907C #59B59E #83C8B7 #AEDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#59B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#59B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B59E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B59E	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcbba',
    500: '#59b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b59e;
$custom-light: #8fcbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B59E

secondary

#C9A1AB

accent

#5A77CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B59E

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

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