#508E8A#508E8A

#508E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.065 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E8A
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -21.03, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 21.43, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0637 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.065 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5669, 22.8851, 27.5314)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E8A #8E5054

analogous

#508E6B #508E8A #50738E

triadic

#508E8A #8A508E #8E8A50

tetradic

#508E8A #6B508E #8E5054 #738E50

square

#508E8A #6B508E #8E5054 #738E50

split-complementary

#508E8A #8E5073 #8E6B50

monochromatic

#24403E #3A6764 #508E8A #6EADA9 #95C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#508E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#508E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E8A

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E8A	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.065 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afac',
    500: '#508e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e8a;
$custom-light: #85afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60383,
    "c": 0.0647,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E8A

secondary

#B08A8C

accent

#646AC4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E8A

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

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