#59B79D#59B79D

#59B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B79D
RGB	rgb(89, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -34.26, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 34.59, 172.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0974 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.098 173)
XYZ	xyz(27.1364, 38.4228, 37.8781)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B79D #B75973

analogous

#59B76E #59B79D #59A2B7

triadic

#59B79D #9D59B7 #B79D59

tetradic

#59B79D #6E59B7 #B75973 #A2B759

square

#59B79D #6E59B7 #B75973 #A2B759

split-complementary

#59B79D #B759A2 #B76E59

monochromatic

#2D6858 #40937C #59B79D #84CAB6 #AEDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#59B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B79D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B79D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdb9',
    500: '#59b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b79d;
$custom-light: #8fcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.404,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71462,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.38425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B79D

secondary

#CAA2AD

accent

#5879CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B79D

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

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