#659B99#659B99

#659B99 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.057 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659B99
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -18.24, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 18.82, 194.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0558 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.057 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8359, 28.5079, 34.4301)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659B99 #9B6567

analogous

#659B7E #659B99 #65829B

triadic

#659B99 #99659B #9B9965

tetradic

#659B99 #7E659B #9B6567 #829B65

square

#659B99 #7E659B #9B6567 #829B65

split-complementary

#659B99 #9B6582 #9B7E65

monochromatic

#355150 #4D7675 #659B99 #8AB3B2 #AFCBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#659B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#659B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659B99

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659B99	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#519E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.057 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8b7',
    500: '#659b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659b99;
$custom-light: #93b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65131,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659B99

secondary

#BAA2A3

accent

#6A6DBE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #659B99

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

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