#508E99#508E99

#508E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.066 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E99
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -16.94, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 20.79, 215.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0571 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.066 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7289, 23.3499, 33.6508)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E99 #995B50

analogous

#50997F #508E99 #506999

triadic

#508E99 #99508E #8E9950

tetradic

#508E99 #7F5099 #995B50 #699950

square

#508E99 #7F5099 #995B50 #699950

split-complementary

#508E99 #995069 #997F50

monochromatic

#264349 #3B6971 #508E99 #71ABB5 #99C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#508E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#508E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E99

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E99	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.066 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afb7',
    500: '#508e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e99;
$custom-light: #86afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.041,
    "s": 31.33,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60924,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E99

secondary

#B7948E

accent

#7060C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E99

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

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