#505E5A#505E5A

#505E5A is a mid, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.018 H 176.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E5A
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(163, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.64, -6.30, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.64, 6.31, 175.67°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% -0.0184 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.018 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1560, 10.4489, 11.2053)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E5A #5E5054

analogous

#505E53 #505E5A #505B5E

triadic

#505E5A #5A505E #5E5A50

tetradic

#505E5A #53505E #5E5054 #5B5E50

square

#505E5A #53505E #5E5054 #5B5E50

split-complementary

#505E5A #5E505B #5E5350

monochromatic

#181C1B #343D3A #505E5A #6C7F7A #8C9D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#505E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#505E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E5A

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E5A	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D5E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.018 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b88',
    500: '#505e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e5a;
$custom-light: #818b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46866,
    "c": 0.01846,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E5A

secondary

#8C7E82

accent

#7787B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E5A

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

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