#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
RGBrgb(89, 188, 157)
HSLhsl(161, 42%, 54%)
HSVhsv(161, 53%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(52.7%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.84, -36.57, 6.91)
CIE-LCHlch(69.84, 37.22, 169.30°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.1031 0.0177)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.105 170.3)
XYZxyz(28.1861, 40.5221, 38.2279)
Luminance0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##59BC9D1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

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

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#59BC9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva