#59BFAB#59BFAB

#59BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFAB
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -34.60, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 34.61, 178.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.1001 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.1 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0981, 42.3229, 45.1032)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFAB #BF596D

analogous

#59BF78 #59BFAB #59A0BF

triadic

#59BFAB #AB59BF #BFAB59

tetradic

#59BFAB #7859BF #BF596D #A0BF59

square

#59BFAB #7859BF #BF596D #A0BF59

split-complementary

#59BFAB #BF59A0 #BF7859

monochromatic

#2C7264 #3D9E8B #59BFAB #85D0C1 #B1E1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#59BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFAB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFAB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3c4',
    500: '#59bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfab;
$custom-light: #90d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFAB

secondary

#CFA4AD

accent

#546DD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFAB

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

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