#509A78#509A78

#509A78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.091 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A78
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 120)
HSL	hsl(152, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 22.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -31.36, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 33.17, 160.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0869 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.091 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2525, 26.1713, 21.8554)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A78 #9A5072

analogous

#509A53 #509A78 #50979A

triadic

#509A78 #78509A #9A7850

tetradic

#509A78 #53509A #9A5072 #979A50

square

#509A78 #53509A #9A5072 #979A50

split-complementary

#509A78 #9A5097 #9A5350

monochromatic

#264939 #3B7259 #509A78 #72B696 #9ACAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#509A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#509A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A78

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A78	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.091 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b89f',
    500: '#509a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a78;
$custom-light: #86b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.432,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A78

secondary

#B78FA1

accent

#6090C8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A78

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

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