#609B8A#609B8A

#609B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.067 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609B8A
RGB	rgb(96, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -23.28, 2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 23.46, 173.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0668 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.067 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1309, 27.7631, 28.2852)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609B8A #9B6071

analogous

#609B6D #609B8A #608F9B

triadic

#609B8A #8A609B #9B8A60

tetradic

#609B8A #6D609B #9B6071 #8F9B60

square

#609B8A #6D609B #9B6071 #8F9B60

split-complementary

#609B8A #9B608F #9B6D60

monochromatic

#314F47 #497568 #609B8A #85B3A6 #ABCBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#609B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#609B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609B8A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609B8A	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.067 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8ac',
    500: '#609b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609b8a;
$custom-light: #90b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 23.506,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64386,
    "c": 0.06723,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609B8A

secondary

#B99EA6

accent

#6881C0

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609B8A

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

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