#599D8A#599D8A

#599D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.076 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599D8A
RGB	rgb(89, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -26.26, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 26.45, 173.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0752 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.076 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7624, 28.0712, 28.3640)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599D8A #9D596C

analogous

#599D68 #599D8A #598E9D

triadic

#599D8A #8A599D #9D8A59

tetradic

#599D8A #68599D #9D596C #8E9D59

square

#599D8A #68599D #9D596C #8E9D59

split-complementary

#599D8A #9D598E #9D6859

monochromatic

#2D4F45 #437668 #599D8A #7EB6A6 #A5CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#599D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#599D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599D8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599D8A	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.076 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaac',
    500: '#599d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599d8a;
$custom-light: #8cbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64521,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599D8A

secondary

#BA98A2

accent

#647FC4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #599D8A

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

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