#59BB9D#59BB9D

#59BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB9D
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -36.11, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 36.69, 169.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.102 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.103 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9732, 40.0963, 38.1570)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB9D #BB5977

analogous

#59BB6C #59BB9D #59A8BB

triadic

#59BB9D #9D59BB #BB9D59

tetradic

#59BB9D #6C59BB #BB5977 #A8BB59

square

#59BB9D #6C59BB #BB5977 #A8BB59

split-complementary

#59BB9D #BB59A8 #BB6C59

monochromatic

#2D6D59 #3E987D #59BB9D #84CDB7 #B0DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#59BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB9D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB9D	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b9',
    500: '#59bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb9d;
$custom-light: #8fd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.633,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB9D

secondary

#CDA3B0

accent

#567CD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB9D

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

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