#659B89#659B89

#659B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.064 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B89
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(160, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -22.03, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 22.35, 170.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0629 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.064 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6019, 28.0143, 27.9311)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B89 #9B6577

analogous

#659B6E #659B89 #65929B

triadic

#659B89 #89659B #9B8965

tetradic

#659B89 #6E659B #9B6577 #929B65

square

#659B89 #6E659B #9B6577 #929B65

split-complementary

#659B89 #9B6592 #9B6E65

monochromatic

#355148 #4D7668 #659B89 #8AB3A5 #AFCBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#659B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#659B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B89

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B89	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#569C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.064 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8ab',
    500: '#659b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b89;
$custom-light: #93b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64628,
    "c": 0.06366,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B89

secondary

#BAA2AA

accent

#6A86BE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B89

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

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