#609D8A#609D8A

#609D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.070 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609D8A
RGB	rgb(96, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -24.30, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 24.58, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0694 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.07 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4666, 28.4343, 28.3970)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609D8A #9D6073

analogous

#609D6B #609D8A #60929D

triadic

#609D8A #8A609D #9D8A60

tetradic

#609D8A #6B609D #9D6073 #929D60

square

#609D8A #6B609D #9D6073 #929D60

split-complementary

#609D8A #9D6092 #9D6B60

monochromatic

#325147 #497769 #609D8A #85B5A6 #ABCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#609D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#609D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609D8A

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609D8A	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.070 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90baac',
    500: '#609d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609d8a;
$custom-light: #90baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.311,
    "s": 24.111,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64873,
    "c": 0.07005,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609D8A

secondary

#BA9EA7

accent

#6783C1

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1110

muted

#7E807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609D8A

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

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