#59BC97#59BC97

#59BC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BC97
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -37.94, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 39.23, 165.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1059 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.109 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6864, 40.3222, 35.5961)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BC97 #BC597E

analogous

#59BC66 #59BC97 #59AFBC

triadic

#59BC97 #9759BC #BC9759

tetradic

#59BC97 #6659BC #BC597E #AFBC59

square

#59BC97 #6659BC #BC597E #AFBC59

split-complementary

#59BC97 #BC59AF #BC6659

monochromatic

#2C6E56 #3E9A77 #59BC97 #85CEB2 #B0DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#59BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#59BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BC97

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BC97	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1b5',
    500: '#59bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bc97;
$custom-light: #8fd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.576,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BC97

secondary

#CDA3B3

accent

#5684D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BC97

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

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