#59BC9D#59BC9D

#59BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BC9D
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -36.57, 6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 37.22, 169.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1031 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.105 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1861, 40.5221, 38.2279)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BC9D #BC5978

analogous

#59BC6C #59BC9D #59AABC

triadic

#59BC9D #9D59BC #BC9D59

tetradic

#59BC9D #6C59BC #BC5978 #AABC59

square

#59BC9D #6C59BC #BC5978 #AABC59

split-complementary

#59BC9D #BC59AA #BC6C59

monochromatic

#2C6E5A #3E9A7D #59BC9D #85CEB7 #B0DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#59BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#59BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BC9D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BC9D	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0b9',
    500: '#59bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bc9d;
$custom-light: #8fd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.212,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BC9D

secondary

#CDA3B1

accent

#567DD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BC9D

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

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