#659A8D#659A8D

#659A8D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.060 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659A8D
RGB	rgb(101, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -20.60, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 20.64, 176.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0598 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.06 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7284, 27.7997, 29.4151)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659A8D #9A6572

analogous

#659A73 #659A8D #658C9A

triadic

#659A8D #8D659A #9A8D65

tetradic

#659A8D #73659A #9A6572 #8C9A65

square

#659A8D #73659A #9A6572 #8C9A65

split-complementary

#659A8D #9A658C #9A7365

monochromatic

#355049 #4D756B #659A8D #8AB2A8 #AFCAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#659A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#659A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659A8D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659A8D	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.060 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8ae',
    500: '#659a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659a8d;
$custom-light: #93b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.283,
    "s": 20.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64507,
    "c": 0.05987,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659A8D

secondary

#B9A2A7

accent

#6A7FBD

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659A8D

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

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