#659B8F#659B8F

#659B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.060 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B8F
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(167, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -20.65, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 20.66, 178.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0602 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.06 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0443, 28.1913, 30.2612)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B8F #9B6571

analogous

#659B74 #659B8F #658C9B

triadic

#659B8F #8F659B #9B8F65

tetradic

#659B8F #74659B #9B6571 #8C9B65

square

#659B8F #74659B #9B6571 #8C9B65

split-complementary

#659B8F #9B658C #9B7465

monochromatic

#35514B #4D766D #659B8F #8AB3AA #AFCBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#659B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#659B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B8F

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B8F	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.060 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8af',
    500: '#659b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b8f;
$custom-light: #93b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64809,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B8F

secondary

#BAA2A7

accent

#6A7DBE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B8F

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

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