#508C8F#508C8F

#508C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.063 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508C8F
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -18.64, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 20.17, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0589 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.063 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6424, 22.4435, 29.3836)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508C8F #8F5350

analogous

#508F72 #508C8F #506C8F

triadic

#508C8F #8F508C #8C8F50

tetradic

#508C8F #72508F #8F5350 #6C8F50

square

#508C8F #72508F #8F5350 #6C8F50

split-complementary

#508C8F #8F506C #8F7250

monochromatic

#243F41 #3A6668 #508C8F #6EABAE #95C2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#508C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#508C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508C8F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508C8F	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.063 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adaf',
    500: '#508c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508c8f;
$custom-light: #85adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 28.251,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60065,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508C8F

secondary

#B18C8A

accent

#6863C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508C8F

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

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