#509A79#509A79

#509A79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.090 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A79
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(153, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -31.13, 10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 32.79, 161.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0864 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.09 163)
XYZ	xyz(18.3135, 26.1957, 22.1767)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A79 #9A5071

analogous

#509A54 #509A79 #50969A

triadic

#509A79 #79509A #9A7950

tetradic

#509A79 #54509A #9A5071 #969A50

square

#509A79 #54509A #9A5071 #969A50

split-complementary

#509A79 #9A5096 #9A5450

monochromatic

#26493A #3B7259 #509A79 #72B697 #9ACAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#509A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#509A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A79

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A79	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.090 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b89f',
    500: '#509a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a79;
$custom-light: #86b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.243,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62876,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.26197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A79

secondary

#B78FA1

accent

#608EC8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A79

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

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