#509796#509796

#509796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.072 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509796
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 47%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -22.50, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 23.39, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0694 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.072 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8777, 26.0390, 32.8268)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509796 #975051

analogous

#509772 #509796 #507497

triadic

#509796 #965097 #979650

tetradic

#509796 #725097 #975051 #749750

square

#509796 #725097 #975051 #749750

split-complementary

#509796 #975074 #977250

monochromatic

#264747 #3B6F6E #509796 #71B4B3 #99C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#509796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#509796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509796

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509796	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.072 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6b4',
    500: '#509796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509796;
$custom-light: #86b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 30.736,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63013,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509796

secondary

#B68D8E

accent

#6162C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509796

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

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