#59BD97#59BD97

#59BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BD97
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -38.40, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 39.78, 164.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.107 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.11 166)
XYZ	xyz(27.9007, 40.7509, 35.6676)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BD97 #BD597F

analogous

#59BD65 #59BD97 #59B1BD

triadic

#59BD97 #9759BD #BD9759

tetradic

#59BD97 #6559BD #BD597F #B1BD59

square

#59BD97 #6559BD #BD597F #B1BD59

split-complementary

#59BD97 #BD59B1 #BD6559

monochromatic

#2C6F56 #3E9B78 #59BD97 #85CEB2 #B1E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#59BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BD97

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BD97	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1b5',
    500: '#59bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bd97;
$custom-light: #8fd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BD97

secondary

#CEA4B4

accent

#5585D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BD97

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

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