#59BBAB#59BBAB

#59BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBAB
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -32.72, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 32.73, 181.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0956 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.096 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2377, 40.6021, 44.8164)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBAB #BB5969

analogous

#59BB7A #59BBAB #599ABB

triadic

#59BBAB #AB59BB #BBAB59

tetradic

#59BBAB #7A59BB #BB5969 #9ABB59

square

#59BBAB #7A59BB #BB5969 #9ABB59

split-complementary

#59BBAB #BB599A #BB7A59

monochromatic

#2D6D62 #3E988A #59BBAB #84CDC1 #B0DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#59BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBAB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBAB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c4',
    500: '#59bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbab;
$custom-light: #90d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBAB

secondary

#CDA3AA

accent

#566AD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBAB

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

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