#508B8A#508B8A

#508B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.062 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B8A
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -19.45, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 20.21, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0599 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.062 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1266, 22.0044, 27.3846)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B8A #8B5051

analogous

#508B6C #508B8A #506E8B

triadic

#508B8A #8A508B #8B8A50

tetradic

#508B8A #6C508B #8B5051 #6E8B50

square

#508B8A #6C508B #8B5051 #6E8B50

split-complementary

#508B8A #8B506E #8B6C50

monochromatic

#233D3D #3A6463 #508B8A #6DABAA #94C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#508B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#508B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B8A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.062 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adac',
    500: '#508b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b8a;
$custom-light: #85adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59642,
    "c": 0.06179,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B8A

secondary

#AE8989

accent

#6566C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B8A

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

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