#509AA5#509AA5

#509AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.075 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509AA5
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -19.90, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 23.69, 212.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0665 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.075 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6527, 27.5314, 39.7630)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509AA5 #A55B50

analogous

#50A585 #509AA5 #506FA5

triadic

#509AA5 #A5509A #9AA550

tetradic

#509AA5 #8550A5 #A55B50 #6FA550

square

#509AA5 #8550A5 #A55B50 #6FA550

split-complementary

#509AA5 #A5506F #A58550

monochromatic

#284D53 #3C747C #509AA5 #76B3BC #9FCAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#509AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#509AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509AA5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509AA5	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.075 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8bf',
    500: '#509aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509aa5;
$custom-light: #88b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.765,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509AA5

secondary

#BD9993

accent

#6B5DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509AA5

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

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