#599E97#599E97

#599E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.071 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599E97
RGB	rgb(89, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -23.56, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 23.77, 187.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0705 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.071 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9304, 28.8103, 33.6774)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599E97 #9E5960

analogous

#599E74 #599E97 #59829E

triadic

#599E97 #97599E #9E9759

tetradic

#599E97 #74599E #9E5960 #829E59

square

#599E97 #74599E #9E5960 #829E59

split-complementary

#599E97 #9E5982 #9E7459

monochromatic

#2D504C #437772 #599E97 #7EB6B1 #A5CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#599E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#599E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599E97

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599E97	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.071 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbb5',
    500: '#599e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599e97;
$custom-light: #8cbbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65172,
    "c": 0.07106,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599E97

secondary

#BA999C

accent

#646DC4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #599E97

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

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