#609A8D#609A8D

#609A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.064 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609A8D
RGB	rgb(96, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -22.07, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 22.08, 177.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0642 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.064 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1854, 27.5197, 29.3896)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609A8D #9A606D

analogous

#609A70 #609A8D #608A9A

triadic

#609A8D #8D609A #9A8D60

tetradic

#609A8D #70609A #9A606D #8A9A60

square

#609A8D #70609A #9A606D #8A9A60

split-complementary

#609A8D #9A608A #9A7060

monochromatic

#314F48 #48746A #609A8D #85B3A8 #AACAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#609A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#609A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609A8D

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609A8D	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.064 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8ae',
    500: '#609a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609a8d;
$custom-light: #90b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.552,
    "s": 23.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64234,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609A8D

secondary

#B99DA3

accent

#687CC0

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609A8D

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

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