#609CA6#609CA6

#609CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.064 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609CA6
RGB	rgb(96, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(189, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 42%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -16.78, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 20.25, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0559 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.064 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5928, 29.0152, 40.4263)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609CA6 #A66A60

analogous

#60A68D #609CA6 #6079A6

triadic

#609CA6 #A6609C #9CA660

tetradic

#609CA6 #8D60A6 #A66A60 #79A660

square

#609CA6 #8D60A6 #A66A60 #79A660

split-complementary

#609CA6 #A66079 #A68D60

monochromatic

#32545A #487981 #609CA6 #87B4BC #AECDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#609CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#609CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609CA6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609CA6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.064 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9c0',
    500: '#609ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609ca6;
$custom-light: #91b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 28.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65557,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609CA6

secondary

#C0A6A1

accent

#7163C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #609CA6

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

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