#659B8A#659B8A

#659B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.063 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B8A
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -21.80, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 22.05, 171.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0625 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.063 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6740, 28.0431, 28.3106)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B8A #9B6576

analogous

#659B6F #659B8A #65919B

triadic

#659B8A #8A659B #9B8A65

tetradic

#659B8A #6F659B #9B6576 #919B65

square

#659B8A #6F659B #9B6576 #919B65

split-complementary

#659B8A #9B6591 #9B6F65

monochromatic

#355148 #4D7669 #659B8A #8AB3A6 #AFCBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#659B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#659B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#569C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.063 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8ac',
    500: '#659b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b8a;
$custom-light: #93b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.111,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64658,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B8A

secondary

#BAA2A9

accent

#6A84BE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B8A

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

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