#59BDAF#59BDAF

#59BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.096 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BDAF
RGB	rgb(89, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -32.66, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 32.71, 183.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0961 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.096 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0520, 41.6114, 46.9972)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BDAF #BD5967

analogous

#59BD7D #59BDAF #5999BD

triadic

#59BDAF #AF59BD #BDAF59

tetradic

#59BDAF #7D59BD #BD5967 #99BD59

square

#59BDAF #7D59BD #BD5967 #99BD59

split-complementary

#59BDAF #BD5999 #BD7D59

monochromatic

#2C6F66 #3E9B8E #59BDAF #85CEC4 #B1E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#59BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#59BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BDAF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BDAF	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)

#B5B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.096 183.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BDAF

secondary

#CEA4AA

accent

#5567D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BDAF

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

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