#50979D#50979D

#50979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.072 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50979D
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -20.58, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 22.91, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0663 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.072 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4583, 26.2713, 35.8845)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50979D #9D5650

analogous

#509D7D #50979D #50719D

triadic

#50979D #9D5097 #979D50

tetradic

#50979D #7D509D #9D5650 #719D50

square

#50979D #7D509D #9D5650 #719D50

split-complementary

#50979D #9D5071 #9D7D50

monochromatic

#27494C #3B7074 #50979D #73B2B8 #9BC8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#50979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#50979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50979D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50979D	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)

#8E929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.072 202.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.07187,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50979D

secondary

#B99390

accent

#675FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #50979D

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

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