#609C8A#609C8A

#609C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.069 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609C8A
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -23.79, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 24.02, 172.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0681 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.069 173)
XYZ	xyz(21.2981, 28.0973, 28.3409)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609C8A #9C6072

analogous

#609C6C #609C8A #60909C

triadic

#609C8A #8A609C #9C8A60

tetradic

#609C8A #6C609C #9C6072 #909C60

square

#609C8A #6C609C #9C6072 #909C60

split-complementary

#609C8A #9C6090 #9C6C60

monochromatic

#315047 #497668 #609C8A #85B4A6 #ABCBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#609C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#609C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609C8A

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609C8A	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.069 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9ac',
    500: '#609c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609c8a;
$custom-light: #90b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64629,
    "c": 0.06863,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.28099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609C8A

secondary

#BA9EA6

accent

#6882C0

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609C8A

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

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