#59BC9F#59BC9F

#59BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BC9F
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -36.10, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 36.58, 170.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1022 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.103 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3582, 40.5909, 39.1346)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BC9F #BC5976

analogous

#59BC6E #59BC9F #59A8BC

triadic

#59BC9F #9F59BC #BC9F59

tetradic

#59BC9F #6E59BC #BC5976 #A8BC59

square

#59BC9F #6E59BC #BC5976 #A8BC59

split-complementary

#59BC9F #BC59A8 #BC6E59

monochromatic

#2C6E5B #3E9A7F #59BC9F #85CEB8 #B0DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#59BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BC9F

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BC9F	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0bb',
    500: '#59bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bc9f;
$custom-light: #8fd0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.424,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BC9F

secondary

#CDA3B0

accent

#567AD2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BC9F

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

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