#609D97#609D97

#609D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.064 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609D97
RGB	rgb(96, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 24%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -21.18, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 21.40, 188.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0635 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.064 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4647, 28.8336, 33.6538)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609D97 #9D6066

analogous

#609D78 #609D97 #60859D

triadic

#609D97 #97609D #9D9760

tetradic

#609D97 #78609D #9D6066 #859D60

square

#609D97 #78609D #9D6066 #859D60

split-complementary

#609D97 #9D6085 #9D7860

monochromatic

#32514E #497772 #609D97 #85B5B0 #ABCCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#609D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#609D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609D97

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609D97	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.064 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bab5',
    500: '#609d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609d97;
$custom-light: #90bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.098,
    "s": 24.111,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609D97

secondary

#BA9EA1

accent

#6770C1

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F1F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0D1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #609D97

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

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