#509A82#509A82

#509A82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.083 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A82
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 130)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 15.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -29.07, 5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 29.59, 169.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0822 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.083 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8914, 26.4269, 25.2201)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A82 #9A5068

analogous

#509A5D #509A82 #508D9A

triadic

#509A82 #82509A #9A8250

tetradic

#509A82 #5D509A #9A5068 #8D9A50

square

#509A82 #5D509A #9A5068 #8D9A50

split-complementary

#509A82 #9A508D #9A5D50

monochromatic

#26493E #3B7260 #509A82 #72B6A0 #9ACABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#509A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#509A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A82

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A82	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.083 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8a6',
    500: '#509a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a82;
$custom-light: #86b8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.541,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63124,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A82

secondary

#B78F9C

accent

#6082C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A82

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

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