#59B797#59B797

#59B797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B797
RGB	rgb(89, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -35.66, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 36.51, 167.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1002 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.102 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6367, 38.2229, 35.2462)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B797 #B75979

analogous

#59B768 #59B797 #59A8B7

triadic

#59B797 #9759B7 #B79759

tetradic

#59B797 #6859B7 #B75979 #A8B759

square

#59B797 #6859B7 #B75979 #A8B759

split-complementary

#59B797 #B759A8 #B76859

monochromatic

#2D6854 #409377 #59B797 #84CAB2 #AEDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#59B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B797

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B797	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdb5',
    500: '#59b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b797;
$custom-light: #8fcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B797

secondary

#CAA2AF

accent

#5881CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B797

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

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