#508E7B#508E7B

#508E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.071 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E7B
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(162, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -24.79, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 25.09, 171.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0706 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.071 172)
XYZ	xyz(16.5550, 22.4803, 22.2018)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E7B #8E5063

analogous

#508E5C #508E7B #50828E

triadic

#508E7B #7B508E #8E7B50

tetradic

#508E7B #5C508E #8E5063 #828E50

square

#508E7B #5C508E #8E5063 #828E50

split-complementary

#508E7B #8E5082 #8E5C50

monochromatic

#244037 #3A6759 #508E7B #6EAD9A #95C3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#508E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#508E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E7B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E7B	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B877A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.071 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afa1',
    500: '#508e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e7b;
$custom-light: #85afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59905,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.22482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E7B

secondary

#B08A95

accent

#6481C4

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E7B

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

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