#508E8F#508E8F

#508E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.064 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E8F
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -19.70, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 20.83, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0614 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.064 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9373, 23.0333, 29.4819)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E8F #8F5150

analogous

#508F70 #508E8F #506E8F

triadic

#508E8F #8F508E #8E8F50

tetradic

#508E8F #70508F #8F5150 #6E8F50

square

#508E8F #70508F #8F5150 #6E8F50

split-complementary

#508E8F #8F506E #8F7050

monochromatic

#244041 #3A6768 #508E8F #6EADAE #95C3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#508E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#508E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E8F

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E8F	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.064 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afaf',
    500: '#508e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e8f;
$custom-light: #85afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 28.251,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60557,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E8F

secondary

#B18B8A

accent

#6563C5

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E8F

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

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