#508E86#508E86

#508E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.066 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E86
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(172, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -22.06, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 22.15, 185.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0655 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.066 185)
XYZ	xyz(17.2827, 22.7714, 26.0342)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E86 #8E5058

analogous

#508E67 #508E86 #50778E

triadic

#508E86 #86508E #8E8650

tetradic

#508E86 #67508E #8E5058 #778E50

square

#508E86 #67508E #8E5058 #778E50

split-complementary

#508E86 #8E5077 #8E6750

monochromatic

#24403C #3A6761 #508E86 #6EADA5 #95C3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#508E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#508E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E86

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E86	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.066 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afa9',
    500: '#508e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e86;
$custom-light: #85afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6025,
    "c": 0.06574,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.22773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E86

secondary

#B08A8F

accent

#6470C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E86

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

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