#508B59#508B59

#508B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B59
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(129, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -30.48, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 36.95, 145.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.083 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.098 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3433, 20.8911, 12.7258)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B59 #8B5082

analogous

#648B50 #508B59 #508B77

triadic

#508B59 #59508B #8B5950

tetradic

#508B59 #50648B #8B5082 #8B7750

square

#508B59 #50648B #8B5082 #8B7750

split-complementary

#508B59 #77508B #8B5064

monochromatic

#233D27 #3A6440 #508B59 #6DAB77 #94C19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#508B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#508B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B59

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B59	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ad88',
    500: '#508b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b59;
$custom-light: #84ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.153,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B59

secondary

#AE89A8

accent

#65B5C3

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4F0

border

#CACECB

text

#0B100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B59

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

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