#50979E#50979E

#50979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.072 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50979E
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -20.30, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 22.89, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0659 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.072 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5440, 26.3056, 36.3360)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50979E #9E5750

analogous

#509E7E #50979E #50709E

triadic

#50979E #9E5097 #979E50

tetradic

#50979E #7E509E #9E5750 #709E50

square

#50979E #7E509E #9E5750 #709E50

split-complementary

#50979E #9E5070 #9E7E50

monochromatic

#27494D #3B7075 #50979E #73B2B8 #9CC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#50979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#50979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50979E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50979E	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.072 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5ba',
    500: '#50979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50979e;
$custom-light: #87b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63299,
    "c": 0.07204,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50979E

secondary

#BA9490

accent

#685FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #50979E

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

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