#59BBAD#59BBAD

#59BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBAD
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -32.21, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 32.26, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0947 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.095 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4297, 40.6789, 45.8280)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBAD #BB5967

analogous

#59BB7C #59BBAD #5998BB

triadic

#59BBAD #AD59BB #BBAD59

tetradic

#59BBAD #7C59BB #BB5967 #98BB59

square

#59BBAD #7C59BB #BB5967 #98BB59

split-complementary

#59BBAD #BB5998 #BB7C59

monochromatic

#2D6D64 #3E988C #59BBAD #84CDC2 #B0DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#59BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBAD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBAD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c5',
    500: '#59bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbad;
$custom-light: #90d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBAD

secondary

#CDA3A9

accent

#5668D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBAD

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

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