#59C9BE#59C9BE

#59C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59C9BE
RGB	rgb(89, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -34.46, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 34.71, 186.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1027 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.103 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2967, 47.6115, 56.0877)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59C9BE #C95964

analogous

#59C986 #59C9BE #599CC9

triadic

#59C9BE #BE59C9 #C9BE59

tetradic

#59C9BE #8659C9 #C95964 #9CC959

square

#59C9BE #8659C9 #C95964 #9CC959

split-complementary

#59C9BE #C9599C #C98659

monochromatic

#297E76 #38ADA1 #59C9BE #87D8D0 #B5E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#59C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#59C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59C9BE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59C9BE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dad1',
    500: '#59c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59c9be;
$custom-light: #92dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.107,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59C9BE

secondary

#D6A8AD

accent

#4D5BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #59C9BE

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

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