#599B8A#599B8A

#599B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.073 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599B8A
RGB	rgb(89, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -25.26, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 25.37, 174.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0727 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.073 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4268, 27.4000, 28.2522)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599B8A #9B596A

analogous

#599B69 #599B8A #598B9B

triadic

#599B8A #8A599B #9B8A59

tetradic

#599B8A #69599B #9B596A #8B9B59

square

#599B8A #69599B #9B596A #8B9B59

split-complementary

#599B8A #9B598B #9B6959

monochromatic

#2C4D45 #437467 #599B8A #7DB4A6 #A4CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#599B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#599B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599B8A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599B8A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.073 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9ac',
    500: '#599b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599b8a;
$custom-light: #8bb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.545,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64029,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599B8A

secondary

#B897A0

accent

#647DC3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #599B8A

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

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