#509A7D#509A7D

#509A7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.087 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A7D
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 125)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -30.23, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 31.32, 164.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0845 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.087 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5639, 26.2959, 23.4954)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A7D #9A506D

analogous

#509A58 #509A7D #50929A

triadic

#509A7D #7D509A #9A7D50

tetradic

#509A7D #58509A #9A506D #929A50

square

#509A7D #58509A #9A506D #929A50

split-complementary

#509A7D #9A5092 #9A5850

monochromatic

#26493C #3B725C #509A7D #72B69B #9ACAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#509A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#509A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A7D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A7D	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.087 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8a2',
    500: '#509a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a7d;
$custom-light: #86b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.486,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62984,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A7D

secondary

#B78F9E

accent

#6089C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A7D

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

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