#508A79#508A79

#508A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.067 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508A79
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -23.23, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 23.45, 172.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0664 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.067 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8466, 21.2618, 21.3544)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508A79 #8A5061

analogous

#508A5C #508A79 #507E8A

triadic

#508A79 #79508A #8A7950

tetradic

#508A79 #5C508A #8A5061 #7E8A50

square

#508A79 #5C508A #8A5061 #7E8A50

split-complementary

#508A79 #8A507E #8A5C50

monochromatic

#233D35 #3A6357 #508A79 #6DAA98 #94C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#508A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#508A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508A79

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508A79	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.067 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ac9f',
    500: '#508a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508a79;
$custom-light: #84ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.414,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5884,
    "c": 0.06692,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508A79

secondary

#AE8893

accent

#6580C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508A79

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

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