#59BB9E#59BB9E

#59BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BB9E
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -35.88, 5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 36.37, 170.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1015 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.103 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0589, 40.1306, 38.6085)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BB9E #BB5976

analogous

#59BB6D #59BB9E #59A7BB

triadic

#59BB9E #9E59BB #BB9E59

tetradic

#59BB9E #6D59BB #BB5976 #A7BB59

square

#59BB9E #6D59BB #BB5976 #A7BB59

split-complementary

#59BB9E #BB59A7 #BB6D59

monochromatic

#2D6D5A #3E987E #59BB9E #84CDB7 #B0DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#59BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#59BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BB9E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BB9E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ba',
    500: '#59bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bb9e;
$custom-light: #8fd0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.245,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BB9E

secondary

#CDA3AF

accent

#567BD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BB9E

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

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