#509596#509596

#509596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.070 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509596
RGB	rgb(80, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -21.46, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 22.67, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0669 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.07 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5586, 25.4008, 32.7204)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509596 #965150

analogous

#509674 #509596 #507296

triadic

#509596 #965095 #959650

tetradic

#509596 #745096 #965150 #729650

square

#509596 #745096 #965150 #729650

split-complementary

#509596 #965072 #967450

monochromatic

#254646 #3B6D6E #509596 #70B2B3 #98C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#509596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#509596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509596

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509596	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.070 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b4b4',
    500: '#509596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509596;
$custom-light: #86b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509596

secondary

#B58D8D

accent

#6361C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509596

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

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