#659D9B#659D9B

#659D9B is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.059 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659D9B
RGB	rgb(101, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 22%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -18.79, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 19.39, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0575 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.059 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3381, 29.2457, 35.4192)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659D9B #9D6567

analogous

#659D7F #659D9B #65839D

triadic

#659D9B #9B659D #9D9B65

tetradic

#659D9B #7F659D #9D6567 #839D65

square

#659D9B #7F659D #9D6567 #839D65

split-complementary

#659D9B #9D6583 #9D7F65

monochromatic

#355352 #4D7877 #659D9B #8AB5B3 #B0CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#659D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#659D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659D9B

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659D9B	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97989B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.059 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bab8',
    500: '#659d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659d9b;
$custom-light: #93bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65673,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659D9B

secondary

#BBA2A3

accent

#696CBF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #659D9B

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

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