#50997C#50997C

#50997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50997C
RGB	rgb(80, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(156, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -29.98, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 31.10, 164.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0838 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.086 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3360, 25.9417, 23.1059)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50997C #99506D

analogous

#509957 #50997C #509199

triadic

#50997C #7C5099 #997C50

tetradic

#50997C #575099 #99506D #919950

square

#50997C #575099 #99506D #919950

split-complementary

#50997C #995091 #995750

monochromatic

#26493B #3B715B #50997C #71B59A #99CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#50997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#50997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50997C

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50997C	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a2',
    500: '#50997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50997c;
$custom-light: #86b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.164,
    "s": 31.33,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62704,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50997C

secondary

#B78E9E

accent

#6089C8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50997C

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

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