#508D8A#508D8A

#508D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.064 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D8A
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(177, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -20.50, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 21.01, 192.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0624 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.064 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4188, 22.5889, 27.4820)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D8A #8D5053

analogous

#508D6B #508D8A #50718D

triadic

#508D8A #8A508D #8D8A50

tetradic

#508D8A #6B508D #8D5053 #718D50

square

#508D8A #6B508D #8D5053 #718D50

split-complementary

#508D8A #8D5071 #8D6B50

monochromatic

#243F3E #3A6664 #508D8A #6EADA9 #95C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#508D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#508D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D8A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D8A	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.064 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeac',
    500: '#508d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d8a;
$custom-light: #85aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60136,
    "c": 0.0637,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D8A

secondary

#AF898B

accent

#6469C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D8A

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

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