#50979C#50979C

#50979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.072 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50979C
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -20.86, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 22.93, 204.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0667 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.072 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3733, 26.2373, 35.4367)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50979C #9C5550

analogous

#509C7B #50979C #50719C

triadic

#50979C #9C5097 #979C50

tetradic

#50979C #7B509C #9C5550 #719C50

square

#50979C #7B509C #9C5550 #719C50

split-complementary

#50979C #9C5071 #9C7B50

monochromatic

#27494B #3B7074 #50979C #72B2B7 #9BC8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#50979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#50979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50979C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50979C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.072 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5b9',
    500: '#50979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50979c;
$custom-light: #87b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63226,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50979C

secondary

#B8928F

accent

#665FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #50979C

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

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