#508D7B#508D7B

#508D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.070 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D7B
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(162, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(162, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -24.28, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 24.52, 171.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0693 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.07 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4069, 22.1841, 22.1525)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D7B #8D5062

analogous

#508D5C #508D7B #50808D

triadic

#508D7B #7B508D #8D7B50

tetradic

#508D7B #5C508D #8D5062 #808D50

square

#508D7B #5C508D #8D5062 #808D50

split-complementary

#508D7B #8D5080 #8D5C50

monochromatic

#243F37 #3A6659 #508D7B #6EAD9A #95C3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#508D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#508D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D7B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D7B	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.070 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aea1',
    500: '#508d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d7b;
$custom-light: #84aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.06988,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D7B

secondary

#AF8995

accent

#6480C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D7B

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

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