#505E5E#505E5E

#505E5E is a mid, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.017 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E5E
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, -5.37, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 5.67, 198.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47% -0.0166 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.017 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3308, 10.5188, 12.1262)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E5E #5E5050

analogous

#505E57 #505E5E #50575E

triadic

#505E5E #5E505E #5E5E50

tetradic

#505E5E #57505E #5E5050 #575E50

square

#505E5E #57505E #5E5050 #575E50

split-complementary

#505E5E #5E5057 #5E5750

monochromatic

#181C1C #343D3D #505E5E #6C7F7F #8C9D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#505E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#505E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E5E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E5E	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.017 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b8b',
    500: '#505e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e5e;
$custom-light: #818b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47002,
    "c": 0.0173,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E5E

secondary

#8C7E7E

accent

#7777B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0C

muted

#7C7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E5E

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

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