#59BFAD#59BFAD

#59BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFAD
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -34.10, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 34.10, 179.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0992 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.099 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2902, 42.3998, 46.1148)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFAD #BF596B

analogous

#59BF7A #59BFAD #599EBF

triadic

#59BFAD #AD59BF #BFAD59

tetradic

#59BFAD #7A59BF #BF596B #9EBF59

square

#59BFAD #7A59BF #BF596B #9EBF59

split-complementary

#59BFAD #BF599E #BF7A59

monochromatic

#2C7265 #3D9E8D #59BFAD #85D0C3 #B1E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#59BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#59BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFAD

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFAD	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3c5',
    500: '#59bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfad;
$custom-light: #90d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFAD

secondary

#CFA4AC

accent

#546AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFAD

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

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