#659E97#659E97

#659E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.061 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659E97
RGB	rgb(101, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -20.29, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 20.42, 186.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0605 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.061 186)
XYZ	xyz(23.1776, 29.4533, 33.7359)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659E97 #9E656C

analogous

#659E7A #659E97 #65889E

triadic

#659E97 #97659E #9E9765

tetradic

#659E97 #7A659E #9E656C #889E65

square

#659E97 #7A659E #9E656C #889E65

split-complementary

#659E97 #9E6588 #9E7A65

monochromatic

#355450 #4C7974 #659E97 #8BB6B0 #B0CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#659E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#659E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659E97

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659E97	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.061 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbb5',
    500: '#659e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659e97;
$custom-light: #93bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6578,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659E97

secondary

#BCA3A6

accent

#6973BF

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #659E97

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

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