#599D8F#599D8F

#599D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.073 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599D8F
RGB	rgb(89, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -25.05, 0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 25.06, 178.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0729 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.073 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1328, 28.2194, 30.3146)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599D8F #9D5967

analogous

#599D6D #599D8F #59899D

triadic

#599D8F #8F599D #9D8F59

tetradic

#599D8F #6D599D #9D5967 #899D59

square

#599D8F #6D599D #9D5967 #899D59

split-complementary

#599D8F #9D5989 #9D6D59

monochromatic

#2D4F48 #43766B #599D8F #7EB6AA #A5CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#599D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#599D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599D8F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599D8F	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.073 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaaf',
    500: '#599d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599d8f;
$custom-light: #8cbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64673,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599D8F

secondary

#BA989F

accent

#6478C4

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #599D8F

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

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