#508E78#508E78

#508E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E78
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(159, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -25.50, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 26.09, 167.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.072 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.073 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3701, 22.4064, 21.2279)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E78 #8E5066

analogous

#508E59 #508E78 #50858E

triadic

#508E78 #78508E #8E7850

tetradic

#508E78 #59508E #8E5066 #858E50

square

#508E78 #59508E #8E5066 #858E50

split-complementary

#508E78 #8E5085 #8E5950

monochromatic

#244036 #3A6757 #508E78 #6EAD97 #95C3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#508E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#508E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E78

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E78	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84af9f',
    500: '#508e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e78;
$custom-light: #84af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.71,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59817,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E78

secondary

#B08A97

accent

#6486C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E78

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

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