#59999A#59999A

#59999A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.066 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59999A
RGB	rgb(89, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -20.21, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 21.38, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.063 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.066 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3416, 27.2378, 34.6984)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59999A #9A5A59

analogous

#599A7A #59999A #59789A

triadic

#59999A #9A5999 #999A59

tetradic

#59999A #7A599A #9A5A59 #789A59

square

#59999A #7A599A #9A5A59 #789A59

split-complementary

#59999A #9A5978 #9A7A59

monochromatic

#2C4C4C #437273 #59999A #7DB3B4 #A3C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#59999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#59999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59999A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59999A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.066 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7b7',
    500: '#59999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59999a;
$custom-light: #8cb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64061,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59999A

secondary

#B89897

accent

#6665C3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #59999A

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

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