#508E97#508E97

#508E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.065 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E97
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 47%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -17.50, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 20.68, 212.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.058 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.065 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5651, 23.2844, 32.7882)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E97 #975950

analogous

#50977D #508E97 #506A97

triadic

#508E97 #97508E #8E9750

tetradic

#508E97 #7D5097 #975950 #6A9750

square

#508E97 #7D5097 #975950 #6A9750

split-complementary

#508E97 #97506A #977D50

monochromatic

#264347 #3B686F #508E97 #71ABB4 #99C3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#508E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#508E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E97

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E97	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.065 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afb5',
    500: '#508e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e97;
$custom-light: #86afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 30.736,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60849,
    "c": 0.06543,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E97

secondary

#B6928D

accent

#6E61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →