#609B8D#609B8D

#609B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.066 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609B8D
RGB	rgb(96, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -22.58, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 22.62, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0655 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.066 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3511, 27.8512, 29.4449)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609B8D #9B606E

analogous

#609B70 #609B8D #608C9B

triadic

#609B8D #8D609B #9B8D60

tetradic

#609B8D #70609B #9B606E #8C9B60

square

#609B8D #70609B #9B606E #8C9B60

split-complementary

#609B8D #9B608C #9B7060

monochromatic

#314F48 #49756B #609B8D #85B3A8 #ABCBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#609B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#609B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609B8D

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609B8D	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)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.066 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b8ae',
    500: '#609b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609b8d;
$custom-light: #90b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.763,
    "s": 23.506,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64477,
    "c": 0.06555,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609B8D

secondary

#B99EA4

accent

#687DC0

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609B8D

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

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