#59BB9C#59BB9C

#59BB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB9C
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -36.34, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.01, 169.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1024 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.104 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8882, 40.0623, 37.7092)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB9C #BB5978

analogous

#59BB6B #59BB9C #59A9BB

triadic

#59BB9C #9C59BB #BB9C59

tetradic

#59BB9C #6B59BB #BB5978 #A9BB59

square

#59BB9C #6B59BB #BB5978 #A9BB59

split-complementary

#59BB9C #BB59A9 #BB6B59

monochromatic

#2D6D59 #3E987C #59BB9C #84CDB6 #B0DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59BB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#59BB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB9C

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB9C	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b9',
    500: '#59bb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb9c;
$custom-light: #8fd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.02,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB9C

secondary

#CDA3B0

accent

#567DD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB9C

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

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