#59998E#59998E

#59998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.068 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59998E
RGB	rgb(89, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -23.27, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 23.28, 181.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0683 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.068 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3917, 26.8578, 29.6955)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59998E #995964

analogous

#59996E #59998E #598499

triadic

#59998E #8E5999 #998E59

tetradic

#59998E #6E5999 #995964 #849959

square

#59998E #6E5999 #995964 #849959

split-complementary

#59998E #995984 #996E59

monochromatic

#2C4C46 #42726A #59998E #7CB3AA #A3C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#59998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#59998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59998E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59998E	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.068 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7af',
    500: '#59998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59998e;
$custom-light: #8bb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63662,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59998E

secondary

#B7979C

accent

#6575C3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #59998E

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

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