#59BDAE#59BDAE

#59BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDAE
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -32.91, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 32.94, 182.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0965 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.097 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9541, 41.5723, 46.4819)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDAE #BD5968

analogous

#59BD7C #59BDAE #599ABD

triadic

#59BDAE #AE59BD #BDAE59

tetradic

#59BDAE #7C59BD #BD5968 #9ABD59

square

#59BDAE #7C59BD #BD5968 #9ABD59

split-complementary

#59BDAE #BD599A #BD7C59

monochromatic

#2C6F65 #3E9B8D #59BDAE #85CEC3 #B1E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#59BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDAE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDAE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1c6',
    500: '#59bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bdae;
$custom-light: #90d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73427,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDAE

secondary

#CEA4AA

accent

#5568D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDAE

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

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