#659E8A#659E8A

#659E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.067 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659E8A
RGB	rgb(101, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(159, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -23.33, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 23.77, 168.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0664 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.067 170)
XYZ	xyz(22.1795, 29.0541, 28.4791)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659E8A #9E6579

analogous

#659E6D #659E8A #65959E

triadic

#659E8A #8A659E #9E8A65

tetradic

#659E8A #6D659E #9E6579 #959E65

square

#659E8A #6D659E #9E6579 #959E65

split-complementary

#659E8A #9E6595 #9E6D65

monochromatic

#355449 #4C796A #659E8A #8BB6A7 #B0CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#659E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#659E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659E8A

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659E8A	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#559F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.067 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbac',
    500: '#659e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659e8a;
$custom-light: #93bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.947,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65383,
    "c": 0.0674,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.29055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659E8A

secondary

#BCA3AC

accent

#6987BF

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #659E8A

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

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