#508E79#508E79

#508E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E79
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -25.26, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 25.75, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% -0.0715 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.073 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4311, 22.4308, 21.5492)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E79 #8E5065

analogous

#508E5A #508E79 #50848E

triadic

#508E79 #79508E #8E7950

tetradic

#508E79 #5A508E #8E5065 #848E50

square

#508E79 #5A508E #8E5065 #848E50

split-complementary

#508E79 #8E5084 #8E5A50

monochromatic

#244036 #3A6758 #508E79 #6EAD98 #95C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#508E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#508E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E79

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E79	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84af9f',
    500: '#508e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e79;
$custom-light: #84af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.677,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59846,
    "c": 0.07266,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E79

secondary

#B08A97

accent

#6484C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E79

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

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