#59BDA5#59BDA5

#59BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDA5
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -35.13, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 35.28, 174.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1006 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.101 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1059, 41.2330, 42.0149)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDA5 #BD5971

analogous

#59BD73 #59BDA5 #59A3BD

triadic

#59BDA5 #A559BD #BDA559

tetradic

#59BDA5 #7359BD #BD5971 #A3BD59

square

#59BDA5 #7359BD #BD5971 #A3BD59

split-complementary

#59BDA5 #BD59A3 #BD7359

monochromatic

#2C6F5F #3E9B85 #59BDA5 #85CEBD #B1E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#59BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDA5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDA5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1bf',
    500: '#59bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bda5;
$custom-light: #90d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDA5

secondary

#CEA4AE

accent

#5573D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDA5

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

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