#509A85#509A85

#509A85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.081 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A85
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -28.35, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 28.62, 172.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0808 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.081 173)
XYZ	xyz(19.0957, 26.5086, 26.2961)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A85 #9A5065

analogous

#509A60 #509A85 #508A9A

triadic

#509A85 #85509A #9A8550

tetradic

#509A85 #60509A #9A5065 #8A9A50

square

#509A85 #60509A #9A5065 #8A9A50

split-complementary

#509A85 #9A508A #9A6050

monochromatic

#26493F #3B7262 #509A85 #72B6A2 #9ACABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#509A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#509A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A85

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A85	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.081 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8a8',
    500: '#509a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a85;
$custom-light: #86b8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.973,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63212,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.2651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A85

secondary

#B78F9A

accent

#607DC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A85

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

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