#609A97#609A97

#609A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.061 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609A97
RGB	rgb(96, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -19.62, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 20.11, 192.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0597 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.061 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9633, 27.8309, 33.4867)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609A97 #9A6063

analogous

#609A7A #609A97 #60809A

triadic

#609A97 #97609A #9A9760

tetradic

#609A97 #7A609A #9A6063 #809A60

square

#609A97 #7A609A #9A6063 #809A60

split-complementary

#609A97 #9A6080 #9A7A60

monochromatic

#314F4D #487472 #609A97 #85B3B0 #AACAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#609A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#609A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609A97

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609A97	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.061 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8b5',
    500: '#609a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609a97;
$custom-light: #90b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 23.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64555,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609A97

secondary

#B99D9F

accent

#686DC0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #609A97

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

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