#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
RGBrgb(89, 188, 159)
HSLhsl(162, 42%, 54%)
HSVhsv(162, 53%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(52.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -36.10, 5.88)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 36.58, 170.74°)
OKLaboklab(72.74% -0.1022 0.015)
OKLCHoklch(72.74% 0.103 171.7)
XYZxyz(28.3582, 40.5909, 39.1346)
Luminance0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##59BC9F1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

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

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#59BC9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva