#59BFAE#59BFAE

#59BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59BFAE
RGB	rgb(89, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -33.85, -0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 33.85, 180.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0988 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.099 181)
XYZ	xyz(30.3873, 42.4386, 46.6263)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59BFAE #BF596A

analogous

#59BF7B #59BFAE #599DBF

triadic

#59BFAE #AE59BF #BFAE59

tetradic

#59BFAE #7B59BF #BF596A #9DBF59

square

#59BFAE #7B59BF #BF596A #9DBF59

split-complementary

#59BFAE #BF599D #BF7B59

monochromatic

#2C7266 #3D9E8E #59BFAE #85D0C4 #B1E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#59BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#59BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59BFAE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59BFAE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3c6',
    500: '#59bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59bfae;
$custom-light: #90d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.42441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59BFAE

secondary

#CFA4AC

accent

#5469D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #59BFAE

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

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