#59BCA2#59BCA2

#59BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCA2
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -35.39, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 35.66, 172.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1008 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.101 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6217, 40.6963, 40.5223)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCA2 #BC5973

analogous

#59BC71 #59BCA2 #59A5BC

triadic

#59BCA2 #A259BC #BCA259

tetradic

#59BCA2 #7159BC #BC5973 #A5BC59

square

#59BCA2 #7159BC #BC5973 #A5BC59

split-complementary

#59BCA2 #BC59A5 #BC7159

monochromatic

#2C6E5D #3E9A82 #59BCA2 #85CEBA #B0DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#59BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCA2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCA2	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0bd',
    500: '#59bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bca2;
$custom-light: #8fd0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.242,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCA2

secondary

#CDA3AE

accent

#5676D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCA2

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

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