#59BBAE#59BBAE

#59BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BBAE
RGB	rgb(89, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -31.96, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 32.04, 183.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0943 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.095 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5269, 40.7178, 46.3395)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BBAE #BB5966

analogous

#59BB7D #59BBAE #5997BB

triadic

#59BBAE #AE59BB #BBAE59

tetradic

#59BBAE #7D59BB #BB5966 #97BB59

square

#59BBAE #7D59BB #BB5966 #97BB59

split-complementary

#59BBAE #BB5997 #BB7D59

monochromatic

#2D6D64 #3E988C #59BBAE #84CDC3 #B0DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#59BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BBAE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BBAE	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)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c6',
    500: '#59bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bbae;
$custom-light: #90d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.041,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BBAE

secondary

#CDA3A9

accent

#5667D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BBAE

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

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