#59BB97#59BB97

#59BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB97
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -37.49, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 38.69, 165.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1047 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.108 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4735, 39.8964, 35.5251)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB97 #BB597D

analogous

#59BB66 #59BB97 #59AEBB

triadic

#59BB97 #9759BB #BB9759

tetradic

#59BB97 #6659BB #BB597D #AEBB59

square

#59BB97 #6659BB #BB597D #AEBB59

split-complementary

#59BB97 #BB59AE #BB6659

monochromatic

#2D6D55 #3E9877 #59BB97 #84CDB2 #B0DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#59BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#59BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB97

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB97	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b5',
    500: '#59bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb97;
$custom-light: #8fd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.959,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72278,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB97

secondary

#CDA3B2

accent

#5684D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB97

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

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