#508C8A#508C8A

#508C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.063 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -19.98, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 20.60, 194.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0612 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.063 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2720, 22.2953, 27.4331)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508C8A #8C5052

analogous

#508C6C #508C8A #50708C

triadic

#508C8A #8A508C #8C8A50

tetradic

#508C8A #6C508C #8C5052 #708C50

square

#508C8A #6C508C #8C5052 #708C50

split-complementary

#508C8A #8C5070 #8C6C50

monochromatic

#233E3D #3A6564 #508C8A #6DACAA #94C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#508C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#508C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508C8A

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508C8A	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.063 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adac',
    500: '#508c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508c8a;
$custom-light: #85adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.06273,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508C8A

secondary

#AF898A

accent

#6467C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508C8A

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

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