#50979B#50979B

#50979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.072 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50979B
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -21.14, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 22.98, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0672 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.072 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2889, 26.2035, 34.9926)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50979B #9B5450

analogous

#509B79 #50979B #50719B

triadic

#50979B #9B5097 #979B50

tetradic

#50979B #79509B #9B5450 #719B50

square

#50979B #79509B #9B5450 #719B50

split-complementary

#50979B #9B5071 #9B7950

monochromatic

#26484A #3B7073 #50979B #72B3B6 #9AC8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#50979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#50979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50979B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50979B	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.072 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5b8',
    500: '#50979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50979b;
$custom-light: #87b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.07163,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50979B

secondary

#B8918F

accent

#6560C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #50979B

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

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