#599797#599797

#599797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.064 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599797
RGB	rgb(89, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -19.95, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 20.92, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0618 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.064 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7702, 26.4899, 33.2907)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599797 #975959

analogous

#599778 #599797 #597897

triadic

#599797 #975997 #979759

tetradic

#599797 #785997 #975959 #789759

square

#599797 #785997 #975959 #789759

split-complementary

#599797 #975978 #977859

monochromatic

#2C4A4A #427070 #599797 #7CB2B2 #A2C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#599797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#599797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599797

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599797	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.064 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5b5',
    500: '#599797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599797;
$custom-light: #8cb5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 25.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63473,
    "c": 0.06421,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599797

secondary

#B69696

accent

#6666C2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #599797

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

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