#508B8D#508B8D

#508B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.062 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508B8D
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(182, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -18.65, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 19.95, 200.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0586 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.062 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3468, 22.0925, 28.5443)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508B8D #8D5250

analogous

#508D70 #508B8D #506C8D

triadic

#508B8D #8D508B #8B8D50

tetradic

#508B8D #70508D #8D5250 #6C8D50

square

#508B8D #70508D #8D5250 #6C8D50

split-complementary

#508B8D #8D506C #8D7050

monochromatic

#243E3F #3A6566 #508B8D #6EAAAD #95C1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#508B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#508B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508B8D

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508B8D	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#338F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.062 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adae',
    500: '#508b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508b8d;
$custom-light: #85adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.06174,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508B8D

secondary

#AF8B89

accent

#6764C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508B8D

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

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