#659B8D#659B8D

#659B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.061 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B8D
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -21.11, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 21.18, 175.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0611 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.061 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8942, 28.1312, 29.4703)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B8D #9B6573

analogous

#659B72 #659B8D #658E9B

triadic

#659B8D #8D659B #9B8D65

tetradic

#659B8D #72659B #9B6573 #8E9B65

square

#659B8D #72659B #9B6573 #8E9B65

split-complementary

#659B8D #9B658E #9B7265

monochromatic

#35514A #4D766B #659B8D #8AB3A8 #AFCBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#659B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#659B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B8D

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B8D	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.061 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8ae',
    500: '#659b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b8d;
$custom-light: #93b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64748,
    "c": 0.06125,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B8D

secondary

#BAA2A8

accent

#6A80BE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B8D

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

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