#59BCA0#59BCA0

#59BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCA0
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -35.87, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 36.27, 171.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1017 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.103 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4454, 40.6258, 39.5934)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCA0 #BC5975

analogous

#59BC6F #59BCA0 #59A7BC

triadic

#59BCA0 #A059BC #BCA059

tetradic

#59BCA0 #6F59BC #BC5975 #A7BC59

square

#59BCA0 #6F59BC #BC5975 #A7BC59

split-complementary

#59BCA0 #BC59A7 #BC6F59

monochromatic

#2C6E5C #3E9A80 #59BCA0 #85CEB9 #B0DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#59BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCA0

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCA0	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0bc',
    500: '#59bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bca0;
$custom-light: #8fd0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.03,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCA0

secondary

#CDA3AF

accent

#5679D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCA0

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

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