#609C8F#609C8F

#609C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.066 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609C8F
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(167, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -22.61, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 22.62, 178.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0659 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.066 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6684, 28.2455, 30.2914)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609C8F #9C606D

analogous

#609C71 #609C8F #608B9C

triadic

#609C8F #8F609C #9C8F60

tetradic

#609C8F #71609C #9C606D #8B9C60

square

#609C8F #71609C #9C606D #8B9C60

split-complementary

#609C8F #9C608B #9C7160

monochromatic

#31504A #49766C #609C8F #85B4AA #ABCBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#609C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#609C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609C8F

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609C8F	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.066 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9af',
    500: '#609c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609c8f;
$custom-light: #90b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64781,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609C8F

secondary

#BA9EA4

accent

#687BC0

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609C8F

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

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