#509591#509591

#509591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.070 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509591
RGB	rgb(80, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(177, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -22.80, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 23.28, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0692 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.07 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1645, 25.2431, 30.6451)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509591 #955054

analogous

#50956F #509591 #507695

triadic

#509591 #915095 #959150

tetradic

#509591 #6F5095 #955054 #769550

square

#509591 #6F5095 #955054 #769550

split-complementary

#509591 #955076 #956F50

monochromatic

#254543 #3B6D6A #509591 #70B2AE #98C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#509591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#509591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509591

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509591	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.070 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4b1',
    500: '#509591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509591;
$custom-light: #86b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 30.131,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509591

secondary

#B48C8F

accent

#6167C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509591

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

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