#508B86#508B86

#508B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.062 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B86
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -20.50, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 20.77, 189.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0617 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.062 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8423, 21.8907, 25.8874)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B86 #8B5055

analogous

#508B68 #508B86 #50728B

triadic

#508B86 #86508B #8B8650

tetradic

#508B86 #68508B #8B5055 #728B50

square

#508B86 #68508B #8B5055 #728B50

split-complementary

#508B86 #8B5072 #8B6850

monochromatic

#233D3B #3A6461 #508B86 #6DABA6 #94C1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#508B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#508B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B86

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B86	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.062 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ada9',
    500: '#508b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b86;
$custom-light: #85ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59505,
    "c": 0.06241,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B86

secondary

#AE898C

accent

#656DC3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B86

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

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