#509797#509797

#509797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.072 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509797
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 47%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -22.23, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 23.28, 197.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0689 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.072 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9586, 26.0714, 33.2527)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509797 #975050

analogous

#509773 #509797 #507397

triadic

#509797 #975097 #979750

tetradic

#509797 #735097 #975050 #739750

square

#509797 #735097 #975050 #739750

split-complementary

#509797 #975073 #977350

monochromatic

#264747 #3B6F6F #509797 #71B4B4 #99C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#509797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#509797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509797

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509797	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)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.072 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6b5',
    500: '#509797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509797;
$custom-light: #87b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 30.736,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63048,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509797

secondary

#B68D8D

accent

#6161C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509797

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

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