#599C8A#599C8A

#599C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.074 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599C8A
RGB	rgb(89, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -25.76, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 25.91, 173.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0739 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.074 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5939, 27.7343, 28.3079)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599C8A #9C596B

analogous

#599C68 #599C8A #598C9C

triadic

#599C8A #8A599C #9C8A59

tetradic

#599C8A #68599C #9C596B #8C9C59

square

#599C8A #68599C #9C596B #8C9C59

split-complementary

#599C8A #9C598C #9C6859

monochromatic

#2D4E45 #437568 #599C8A #7DB5A6 #A4CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#599C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#599C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599C8A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599C8A	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.074 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9ac',
    500: '#599c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599c8a;
$custom-light: #8bb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.881,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64275,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599C8A

secondary

#B998A1

accent

#647EC4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #599C8A

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

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