#508D8D#508D8D

#508D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.063 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D8D
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(180, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -19.71, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 20.65, 197.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0611 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.063 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6390, 22.6770, 28.6417)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D8D #8D5050

analogous

#508D6E #508D8D #506E8D

triadic

#508D8D #8D508D #8D8D50

tetradic

#508D8D #6E508D #8D5050 #6E8D50

square

#508D8D #6E508D #8D5050 #6E8D50

split-complementary

#508D8D #8D506E #8D6E50

monochromatic

#243F3F #3A6666 #508D8D #6EADAD #95C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#508D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#508D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D8D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D8D	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.063 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeae',
    500: '#508d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d8d;
$custom-light: #85aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6024,
    "c": 0.06342,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D8D

secondary

#AF8989

accent

#6464C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D8D

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

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