#59BB9A#59BB9A

#59BB9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB9A
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 154)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -36.81, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.67, 167.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1033 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.105 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7202, 39.9951, 36.8246)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB9A #BB597A

analogous

#59BB69 #59BB9A #59ABBB

triadic

#59BB9A #9A59BB #BB9A59

tetradic

#59BB9A #6959BB #BB597A #ABBB59

square

#59BB9A #6959BB #BB597A #ABBB59

split-complementary

#59BB9A #BB59AB #BB6959

monochromatic

#2D6D57 #3E987A #59BB9A #84CDB4 #B0DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59BB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#59BB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB9A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB9A	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b7',
    500: '#59bb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb9a;
$custom-light: #8fd0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.796,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72359,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB9A

secondary

#CDA3B1

accent

#5680D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB9A

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

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