#508B72#508B72

#508B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.074 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B72
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(155, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(155, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -25.38, 7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 26.43, 163.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.071 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.074 165)
XYZ	xyz(15.5769, 21.3845, 19.2231)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B72 #8B5069

analogous

#508B54 #508B72 #50878B

triadic

#508B72 #72508B #8B7250

tetradic

#508B72 #54508B #8B5069 #878B50

square

#508B72 #54508B #8B5069 #878B50

split-complementary

#508B72 #8B5087 #8B5450

monochromatic

#233D32 #3A6452 #508B72 #6DAB91 #94C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#508B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#508B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B72

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B72	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#408B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.074 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ad9a',
    500: '#508b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b72;
$custom-light: #84ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.576,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58888,
    "c": 0.07355,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B72

secondary

#AE8999

accent

#658DC3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B72

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

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