#59BCAE#59BCAE

#59BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCAE
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -32.44, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 32.48, 183.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0954 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.096 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7397, 41.1435, 46.4104)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCAE #BC5967

analogous

#59BC7D #59BCAE #5999BC

triadic

#59BCAE #AE59BC #BCAE59

tetradic

#59BCAE #7D59BC #BC5967 #99BC59

square

#59BCAE #7D59BC #BC5967 #99BC59

split-complementary

#59BCAE #BC5999 #BC7D59

monochromatic

#2C6E65 #3E9A8D #59BCAE #85CEC3 #B0DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#59BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#59BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCAE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCAE	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0c6',
    500: '#59bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bcae;
$custom-light: #90d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.515,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73185,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCAE

secondary

#CDA3A9

accent

#5667D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCAE

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

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