#659B8E#659B8E

#659B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.061 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B8E
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -20.88, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 20.91, 176.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0607 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.061 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9689, 28.1611, 29.8640)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B8E #9B6572

analogous

#659B73 #659B8E #658D9B

triadic

#659B8E #8E659B #9B8E65

tetradic

#659B8E #73659B #9B6572 #8D9B65

square

#659B8E #73659B #9B6572 #8D9B65

split-complementary

#659B8E #9B658D #9B7365

monochromatic

#35514A #4D766C #659B8E #8AB3A9 #AFCBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#659B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#659B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B8E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B8E	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)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.061 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8af',
    500: '#659b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b8e;
$custom-light: #93b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.556,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64779,
    "c": 0.06072,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B8E

secondary

#BAA2A8

accent

#6A7EBE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B8E

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

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