#59BFA5#59BFA5

#59BFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFA5
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -36.06, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 36.29, 173.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1028 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.103 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5391, 42.0994, 42.1593)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFA5 #BF5973

analogous

#59BF72 #59BFA5 #59A6BF

triadic

#59BFA5 #A559BF #BFA559

tetradic

#59BFA5 #7259BF #BF5973 #A6BF59

square

#59BFA5 #7259BF #BF5973 #A6BF59

split-complementary

#59BFA5 #BF59A6 #BF7259

monochromatic

#2C7260 #3D9E85 #59BFA5 #85D0BD #B1E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#59BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#59BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFA5

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFA5	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3bf',
    500: '#59bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfa5;
$custom-light: #90d3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFA5

secondary

#CFA4AF

accent

#5474D4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFA5

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

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