#509A87#509A87

#509A87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.080 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A87
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -27.86, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 28.01, 174.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0798 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.08 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2352, 26.5644, 27.0308)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A87 #9A5063

analogous

#509A62 #509A87 #50889A

triadic

#509A87 #87509A #9A8750

tetradic

#509A87 #62509A #9A5063 #889A50

square

#509A87 #62509A #9A5063 #889A50

split-complementary

#509A87 #9A5088 #9A6250

monochromatic

#264940 #3B7264 #509A87 #72B6A4 #9ACABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#509A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#509A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A87

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A87	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.080 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8a9',
    500: '#509a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a87;
$custom-light: #86b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.595,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.08015,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A87

secondary

#B78F99

accent

#607BC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A87

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

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