#59BE9D#59BE9D

#59BE9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BE9D
RGB	rgb(89, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -37.48, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 38.28, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1053 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.107 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6163, 41.3825, 38.3713)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BE9D #BE597A

analogous

#59BE6B #59BE9D #59ADBE

triadic

#59BE9D #9D59BE #BE9D59

tetradic

#59BE9D #6B59BE #BE597A #ADBE59

square

#59BE9D #6B59BE #BE597A #ADBE59

split-complementary

#59BE9D #BE59AD #BE6B59

monochromatic

#2C715A #3D9D7D #59BE9D #85CFB7 #B1E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#59BE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#59BE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BE9D

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BE9D	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59be9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2b9',
    500: '#59be9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59be9d;
$custom-light: #8fd2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59be9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.396,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BE9D

secondary

#CFA4B2

accent

#547ED3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BE9D

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

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