#609A9E#609A9E

#609A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.061 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609A9E
RGB	rgb(96, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 24%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -17.83, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 19.58, 204.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0567 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.061 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5488, 28.0651, 36.5700)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609A9E #9E6460

analogous

#609E83 #609A9E #607B9E

triadic

#609A9E #9E609A #9A9E60

tetradic

#609A9E #83609E #9E6460 #7B9E60

square

#609A9E #83609E #9E6460 #7B9E60

split-complementary

#609A9E #9E607B #9E8360

monochromatic

#325052 #497578 #609A9E #86B2B5 #ACCACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#609A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#609A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609A9E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609A9E	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.061 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8ba',
    500: '#609a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609a9e;
$custom-light: #90b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 24.409,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64795,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609A9E

secondary

#BBA19F

accent

#6D67C1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #609A9E

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

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