#59BCA3#59BCA3

#59BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCA3
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -35.15, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 35.36, 173.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1003 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.101 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7110, 40.7320, 40.9923)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCA3 #BC5972

analogous

#59BC72 #59BCA3 #59A4BC

triadic

#59BCA3 #A359BC #BCA359

tetradic

#59BCA3 #7259BC #BC5972 #A4BC59

square

#59BCA3 #7259BC #BC5972 #A4BC59

split-complementary

#59BCA3 #BC59A4 #BC7259

monochromatic

#2C6E5E #3E9A83 #59BCA3 #85CEBB #B0DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#59BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#59BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCA3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCA3	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0be',
    500: '#59bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bca3;
$custom-light: #8fd0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCA3

secondary

#CDA3AE

accent

#5675D2

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCA3

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

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