#508A8A#508A8A

#508A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.061 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508A8A
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(180, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -18.92, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 19.84, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0586 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.061 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9824, 21.7161, 27.3366)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508A8A #8A5050

analogous

#508A6D #508A8A #506D8A

triadic

#508A8A #8A508A #8A8A50

tetradic

#508A8A #6D508A #8A5050 #6D8A50

square

#508A8A #6D508A #8A5050 #6D8A50

split-complementary

#508A8A #8A506D #8A6D50

monochromatic

#233D3D #3A6363 #508A8A #6DAAAA #94C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#508A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#508A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508A8A

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508A8A	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.061 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acac',
    500: '#508a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508a8a;
$custom-light: #85acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59396,
    "c": 0.06089,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508A8A

secondary

#AE8888

accent

#6565C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508A8A

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

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