#608E8A#608E8A

#608E8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.050 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#608E8A
RGB	rgb(96, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(175, 19%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 32%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -16.50, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 16.75, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0498 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.05 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0827, 23.6667, 27.6024)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#608E8A #8E6064

analogous

#608E73 #608E8A #607B8E

triadic

#608E8A #8A608E #8E8A60

tetradic

#608E8A #73608E #8E6064 #7B8E60

square

#608E8A #73608E #8E6064 #7B8E60

split-complementary

#608E8A #8E607B #8E7360

monochromatic

#2F4543 #476967 #608E8A #81AAA6 #A6C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#608E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#608E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #608E8A

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##608E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##608E8A	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81838B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #608e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.050 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fafac',
    500: '#608e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #608e8a;
$custom-light: #8fafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#608e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 19.328,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61239,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#608E8A

secondary

#B1999B

accent

#6C73BC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #608E8A

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

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