#509AA3#509AA3

#509AA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.075 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509AA3
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 163)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -20.47, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 23.63, 209.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0673 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.075 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4721, 27.4591, 38.8118)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509AA3 #A35950

analogous

#50A382 #509AA3 #5070A3

triadic

#509AA3 #A3509A #9AA350

tetradic

#509AA3 #8250A3 #A35950 #70A350

square

#509AA3 #8250A3 #A35950 #70A350

split-complementary

#509AA3 #A35070 #A38250

monochromatic

#284C51 #3C737A #509AA3 #75B4BB #9ECACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#509AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#509AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509AA3

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509AA3	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.075 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8be',
    500: '#509aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509aa3;
$custom-light: #88b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.506,
    "s": 34.156,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64213,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509AA3

secondary

#BC9792

accent

#695ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509AA3

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

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