#508B78#508B78

#508B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.069 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B78
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -23.98, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 24.34, 170.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0682 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.069 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9297, 21.5257, 21.0811)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B78 #8B5063

analogous

#508B5A #508B78 #50808B

triadic

#508B78 #78508B #8B7850

tetradic

#508B78 #5A508B #8B5063 #808B50

square

#508B78 #5A508B #8B5063 #808B50

split-complementary

#508B78 #8B5080 #8B5A50

monochromatic

#233D35 #3A6456 #508B78 #6DAB97 #94C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#508B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#508B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B78

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B78	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.069 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ad9f',
    500: '#508b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b78;
$custom-light: #84ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.678,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B78

secondary

#AE8995

accent

#6583C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B78

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

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