#509798#509798

#509798 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.071 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509798
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -21.96, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 23.18, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0685 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.072 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0401, 26.1040, 33.6822)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509798 #985150

analogous

#509875 #509798 #507398

triadic

#509798 #985097 #979850

tetradic

#509798 #755098 #985150 #739850

square

#509798 #755098 #985150 #739850

split-complementary

#509798 #985073 #987550

monochromatic

#264748 #3B6F70 #509798 #71B3B4 #99C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#509798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#509798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509798

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509798	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.071 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6b6',
    500: '#509798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509798;
$custom-light: #87b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63083,
    "c": 0.0715,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509798

secondary

#B68E8E

accent

#6261C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509798

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

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