#50997D#50997D

#50997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50997D
RGB	rgb(80, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(157, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -29.75, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 30.74, 165.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0833 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.086 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3996, 25.9672, 23.4406)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50997D #99506C

analogous

#509958 #50997D #509099

triadic

#50997D #7D5099 #997D50

tetradic

#50997D #585099 #99506C #909950

square

#50997D #585099 #99506C #909950

split-complementary

#50997D #995090 #995850

monochromatic

#26493B #3B715C #50997D #71B59B #99CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#50997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#50997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #50997D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50997D	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)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 166.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.986,
    "s": 31.33,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62732,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50997D

secondary

#B78E9E

accent

#6088C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50997D

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

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