#508C8B#508C8B

#508C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.063 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508C8B
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(179, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -19.71, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 20.49, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0607 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.063 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3448, 22.3244, 27.8161)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508C8B #8C5051

analogous

#508C6D #508C8B #506F8C

triadic

#508C8B #8B508C #8C8B50

tetradic

#508C8B #6D508C #8C5051 #6F8C50

square

#508C8B #6D508C #8C5051 #6F8C50

split-complementary

#508C8B #8C506F #8C6D50

monochromatic

#233E3E #3A6564 #508C8B #6DACAB #94C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#508C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#508C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508C8B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508C8B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.063 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adac',
    500: '#508c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508c8b;
$custom-light: #85adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59924,
    "c": 0.06264,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508C8B

secondary

#AF898A

accent

#6466C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508C8B

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

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