#609C97#609C97

#609C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.063 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609C97
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -20.66, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 20.96, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0623 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.063 189)
XYZ	xyz(22.2962, 28.4966, 33.5977)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609C97 #9C6065

analogous

#609C79 #609C97 #60839C

triadic

#609C97 #97609C #9C9760

tetradic

#609C97 #79609C #9C6065 #839C60

square

#609C97 #79609C #9C6065 #839C60

split-complementary

#609C97 #9C6083 #9C7960

monochromatic

#31504E #497672 #609C97 #85B4B0 #ABCBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#609C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#609C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609C97

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609C97	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#499F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.063 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9b5',
    500: '#609c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609c97;
$custom-light: #90b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65036,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.28498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609C97

secondary

#BA9EA0

accent

#686FC0

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #609C97

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

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