#508E80#508E80

#508E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.068 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E80
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(166, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -23.57, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 23.60, 177.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0683 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.068 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8760, 22.6087, 23.8925)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E80 #8E505E

analogous

#508E61 #508E80 #507D8E

triadic

#508E80 #80508E #8E8050

tetradic

#508E80 #61508E #8E505E #7D8E50

square

#508E80 #61508E #8E505E #7D8E50

split-complementary

#508E80 #8E507D #8E6150

monochromatic

#244039 #3A675D #508E80 #6EAD9F #95C3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#508E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#508E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E80

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E80	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#8A877F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.068 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afa4',
    500: '#508e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e80;
$custom-light: #85afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E80

secondary

#B08A92

accent

#6479C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E80

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

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