#59989A#59989A

#59989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.065 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59989A
RGB	rgb(89, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -19.69, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 21.04, 200.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0618 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.065 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1786, 26.9118, 34.6441)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59989A #9A5B59

analogous

#599A7B #59989A #59789A

triadic

#59989A #9A5998 #989A59

tetradic

#59989A #7B599A #9A5B59 #789A59

square

#59989A #7B599A #9A5B59 #789A59

split-complementary

#59989A #9A5978 #9A7B59

monochromatic

#2C4B4C #437273 #59989A #7DB2B4 #A3C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#59989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#59989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59989A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59989A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.065 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6b7',
    500: '#59989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59989a;
$custom-light: #8cb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63819,
    "c": 0.06505,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59989A

secondary

#B89897

accent

#6865C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #59989A

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

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