#659C8C#659C8C

#659C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.063 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659C8C
RGB	rgb(101, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(163, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -21.86, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 22.02, 173.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0629 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.063 174)
XYZ	xyz(21.9872, 28.4358, 29.1359)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659C8C #9C6575

analogous

#659C70 #659C8C #65909C

triadic

#659C8C #8C659C #9C8C65

tetradic

#659C8C #70659C #9C6575 #909C65

square

#659C8C #70659C #9C6575 #909C65

split-complementary

#659C8C #9C6590 #9C7065

monochromatic

#355249 #4D776B #659C8C #8AB4A8 #B0CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#659C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#659C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659C8C

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659C8C	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.063 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9ad',
    500: '#659c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659c8c;
$custom-light: #93b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.545,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64959,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.28437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659C8C

secondary

#BBA2A9

accent

#6A82BE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659C8C

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

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