#508B79#508B79

#508B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.068 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B79
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -23.75, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 24.02, 171.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0677 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.068 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9907, 21.5501, 21.4024)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B79 #8B5062

analogous

#508B5B #508B79 #507F8B

triadic

#508B79 #79508B #8B7950

tetradic

#508B79 #5B508B #8B5062 #7F8B50

square

#508B79 #5B508B #8B5062 #7F8B50

split-complementary

#508B79 #8B507F #8B5B50

monochromatic

#233D35 #3A6457 #508B79 #6DAB98 #94C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#508B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#508B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B79

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B79	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.068 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ad9f',
    500: '#508b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b79;
$custom-light: #84ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59091,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B79

secondary

#AE8994

accent

#6581C3

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B79

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

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