#50979F#50979F

#50979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.072 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50979F
RGB	rgb(80, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -20.02, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 22.89, 209.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0655 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.072 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6304, 26.3401, 36.7911)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50979F #9F5850

analogous

#509F80 #50979F #50709F

triadic

#50979F #9F5097 #979F50

tetradic

#50979F #80509F #9F5850 #709F50

square

#50979F #80509F #9F5850 #709F50

split-complementary

#50979F #9F5070 #9F8050

monochromatic

#274A4E #3C7076 #50979F #73B2B9 #9CC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#50979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#50979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50979F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50979F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.072 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5bb',
    500: '#50979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50979f;
$custom-light: #87b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 33.054,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50979F

secondary

#BA9591

accent

#695FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #50979F

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

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