#59BCAC#59BCAC

#59BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCAC
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -32.94, -0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 32.95, 181.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0963 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.096 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5462, 41.0661, 45.3912)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCAC #BC5969

analogous

#59BC7B #59BCAC #599BBC

triadic

#59BCAC #AC59BC #BCAC59

tetradic

#59BCAC #7B59BC #BC5969 #9BBC59

square

#59BCAC #7B59BC #BC5969 #9BBC59

split-complementary

#59BCAC #BC599B #BC7B59

monochromatic

#2C6E64 #3E9A8B #59BCAC #85CEC2 #B0DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#59BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#59BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCAC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCAC	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c4',
    500: '#59bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcac;
$custom-light: #90d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.303,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCAC

secondary

#CDA3AA

accent

#566AD2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCAC

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

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