#508E8D#508E8D

#508E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.064 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E8D
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -20.23, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 21.03, 195.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0623 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.064 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7871, 22.9732, 28.6911)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E8D #8E5051

analogous

#508E6E #508E8D #50708E

triadic

#508E8D #8D508E #8E8D50

tetradic

#508E8D #6E508E #8E5051 #708E50

square

#508E8D #6E508E #8E5051 #708E50

split-complementary

#508E8D #8E5070 #8E6E50

monochromatic

#24403F #3A6766 #508E8D #6EADAC #95C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#508E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#508E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E8D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E8D	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.064 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afae',
    500: '#508e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e8d;
$custom-light: #85afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.06431,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E8D

secondary

#B08A8A

accent

#6465C4

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E8D

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

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