#609E8A#609E8A

#609E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.071 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#609E8A
RGB	rgb(96, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -24.80, 4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 25.15, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0707 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.071 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6364, 28.7741, 28.4537)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#609E8A #9E6074

analogous

#609E6B #609E8A #60939E

triadic

#609E8A #8A609E #9E8A60

tetradic

#609E8A #6B609E #9E6074 #939E60

square

#609E8A #6B609E #9E6074 #939E60

split-complementary

#609E8A #9E6093 #9E6B60

monochromatic

#325247 #497869 #609E8A #86B5A6 #ACCDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#609E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#609E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #609E8A

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##609E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##609E8A	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #609e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.071 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bbac',
    500: '#609e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #609e8a;
$custom-light: #90bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#609e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.645,
    "s": 24.409,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65117,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#609E8A

secondary

#BB9FA8

accent

#6784C1

background

#F9FBFA

surface

#F1F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0D1210

muted

#7E817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #609E8A

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

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