#508E89#508E89

#508E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.065 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E89
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(175, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -21.29, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 21.59, 189.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0641 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.065 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4949, 22.8563, 27.1519)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E89 #8E5055

analogous

#508E6A #508E89 #50748E

triadic

#508E89 #89508E #8E8950

tetradic

#508E89 #6A508E #8E5055 #748E50

square

#508E89 #6A508E #8E5055 #748E50

split-complementary

#508E89 #8E5074 #8E6A50

monochromatic

#24403D #3A6763 #508E89 #6EADA8 #95C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#508E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#508E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E89

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E89	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.065 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afab',
    500: '#508e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e89;
$custom-light: #85afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.0649,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E89

secondary

#B08A8D

accent

#646BC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E89

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

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