#59BCAF#59BCAF

#59BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BCAF
RGB	rgb(89, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -32.18, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 32.26, 184.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.095 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.095 184)
XYZ	xyz(29.8376, 41.1827, 46.9258)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BCAF #BC5966

analogous

#59BC7E #59BCAF #5998BC

triadic

#59BCAF #AF59BC #BCAF59

tetradic

#59BCAF #7E59BC #BC5966 #98BC59

square

#59BCAF #7E59BC #BC5966 #98BC59

split-complementary

#59BCAF #BC5998 #BC7E59

monochromatic

#2C6E66 #3E9A8E #59BCAF #85CEC4 #B0DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#59BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BCAF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BCAF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 184.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BCAF

secondary

#CDA3A9

accent

#5666D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BCAF

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

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