#59BDA8#59BDA8

#59BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.099 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDA8
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -34.40, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 34.45, 177.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0992 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.099 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3822, 41.3435, 43.4699)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDA8 #BD596E

analogous

#59BD76 #59BDA8 #59A0BD

triadic

#59BDA8 #A859BD #BDA859

tetradic

#59BDA8 #7659BD #BD596E #A0BD59

square

#59BDA8 #7659BD #BD596E #A0BD59

split-complementary

#59BDA8 #BD59A0 #BD7659

monochromatic

#2C6F61 #3E9B88 #59BDA8 #85CEBF #B1E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#59BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#59BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDA8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDA8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.099 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1c1',
    500: '#59bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bda8;
$custom-light: #90d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73245,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDA8

secondary

#CEA4AD

accent

#556FD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F7

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDA8

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

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