#50797E#50797E

#50797E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.046 H 205.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50797E
RGB	rgb(80, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(187, 22%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 37%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, -12.87, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 14.78, 209.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.0417 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.046 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9102, 16.8857, 22.2609)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50797E #7E5550

analogous

#507E6C #50797E #50627E

triadic

#50797E #7E5079 #797E50

tetradic

#50797E #6C507E #7E5550 #627E50

square

#50797E #6C507E #7E5550 #627E50

split-complementary

#50797E #7E5062 #7E6C50

monochromatic

#203133 #385559 #50797E #6A9BA1 #90B4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#50797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#50797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50797E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50797E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73767E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B707E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.046 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fa3',
    500: '#50797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50797e;
$custom-light: #839fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 22.33,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54781,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50797E

secondary

#A58884

accent

#7269BF

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50797E

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

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