#509A8D#509A8D

#509A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.077 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509A8D
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -26.37, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 26.37, 180.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.077 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.077 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6696, 26.7381, 29.3186)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509A8D #9A505D

analogous

#509A68 #509A8D #50829A

triadic

#509A8D #8D509A #9A8D50

tetradic

#509A8D #68509A #9A505D #829A50

square

#509A8D #68509A #9A505D #829A50

split-complementary

#509A8D #9A5082 #9A6850

monochromatic

#264943 #3B7268 #509A8D #72B6AA #9ACAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#509A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#509A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509A8D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509A8D	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.077 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8ae',
    500: '#509a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509a8d;
$custom-light: #86b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 31.624,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63456,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509A8D

secondary

#B78F96

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509A8D

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

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