#508D79#508D79

#508D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.071 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D79
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(160, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -24.76, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 25.17, 169.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0703 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.071 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2830, 22.1345, 21.4998)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D79 #8D5064

analogous

#508D5A #508D79 #50828D

triadic

#508D79 #79508D #8D7950

tetradic

#508D79 #5A508D #8D5064 #828D50

square

#508D79 #5A508D #8D5064 #828D50

split-complementary

#508D79 #8D5082 #8D5A50

monochromatic

#243F36 #3A6657 #508D79 #6EAD98 #95C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#508D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#508D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D79

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D79	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.071 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ae9f',
    500: '#508d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d79;
$custom-light: #84ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.328,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59594,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D79

secondary

#AF8996

accent

#6483C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D79

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

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