#508B83#508B83

#508B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.063 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B83
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -21.27, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 21.35, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0631 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.063 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6360, 21.8082, 24.8011)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B83 #8B5058

analogous

#508B65 #508B83 #50768B

triadic

#508B83 #83508B #8B8350

tetradic

#508B83 #65508B #8B5058 #768B50

square

#508B83 #65508B #8B5058 #768B50

split-complementary

#508B83 #8B5076 #8B6550

monochromatic

#233D3A #3A645E #508B83 #6DABA3 #94C1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#508B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#508B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B83

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B83	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.063 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ada7',
    500: '#508b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b83;
$custom-light: #85ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59405,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B83

secondary

#AE898E

accent

#6571C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B83

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

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