#659C8E#659C8E

#659C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.062 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659C8E
RGB	rgb(101, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(165, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -21.40, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 21.46, 175.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.062 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.062 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1360, 28.4953, 29.9197)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659C8E #9C6573

analogous

#659C72 #659C8E #658E9C

triadic

#659C8E #8E659C #9C8E65

tetradic

#659C8E #72659C #9C6573 #8E9C65

square

#659C8E #72659C #9C6573 #8E9C65

split-complementary

#659C8E #9C658E #9C7265

monochromatic

#35524A #4D776C #659C8E #8AB4A9 #B0CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#659C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#659C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659C8E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659C8E	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)

#98968D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.062 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9af',
    500: '#659c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659c8e;
$custom-light: #93b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659C8E

secondary

#BBA2A8

accent

#6A7FBE

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659C8E

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

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