#59BDAC#59BDAC

#59BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDAC
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -33.41, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 33.41, 180.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0974 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.097 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7606, 41.4949, 45.4627)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDAC #BD596A

analogous

#59BD7A #59BDAC #599CBD

triadic

#59BDAC #AC59BD #BDAC59

tetradic

#59BDAC #7A59BD #BD596A #9CBD59

square

#59BDAC #7A59BD #BD596A #9CBD59

split-complementary

#59BDAC #BD599C #BD7A59

monochromatic

#2C6F64 #3E9B8B #59BDAC #85CEC2 #B1E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#59BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#59BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDAC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDAC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1c4',
    500: '#59bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdac;
$custom-light: #90d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73365,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDAC

secondary

#CEA4AB

accent

#556AD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDAC

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

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