#59BB99#59BB99

#59BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB99
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -37.04, 8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 38.00, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1038 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.106 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6373, 39.9620, 36.3878)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB99 #BB597B

analogous

#59BB68 #59BB99 #59ACBB

triadic

#59BB99 #9959BB #BB9959

tetradic

#59BB99 #6859BB #BB597B #ACBB59

square

#59BB99 #6859BB #BB597B #ACBB59

split-complementary

#59BB99 #BB59AC #BB6859

monochromatic

#2D6D57 #3E9879 #59BB99 #84CDB4 #B0DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#59BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#59BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB99

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB99	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b7',
    500: '#59bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb99;
$custom-light: #8fd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB99

secondary

#CDA3B2

accent

#5681D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB99

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

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