#59999D#59999D

#59999D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.066 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59999D
RGB	rgb(89, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -19.41, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 21.21, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0617 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.066 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5946, 27.3390, 36.0308)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59999D #9D5D59

analogous

#599D7F #59999D #59779D

triadic

#59999D #9D5999 #999D59

tetradic

#59999D #7F599D #9D5D59 #779D59

square

#59999D #7F599D #9D5D59 #779D59

split-complementary

#59999D #9D5977 #9D7F59

monochromatic

#2D4D4F #437376 #59999D #7EB2B6 #A5C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#59999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#59999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59999D

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59999D	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.066 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7b9',
    500: '#59999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59999d;
$custom-light: #8cb7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64166,
    "c": 0.06603,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59999D

secondary

#BA9A98

accent

#6964C4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #59999D

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

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