#509B72#509B72

#509B72 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B72
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(147, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(147, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 26.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -33.12, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 36.13, 156.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.091 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.098 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0655, 26.3617, 20.0527)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B72 #9B5079

analogous

#539B50 #509B72 #509B97

triadic

#509B72 #72509B #9B7250

tetradic

#509B72 #50539B #9B5079 #9B9750

square

#509B72 #50539B #9B5079 #9B9750

split-complementary

#509B72 #97509B #9B5053

monochromatic

#264A37 #3B7354 #509B72 #72B691 #9ACBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#509B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#509B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B72

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B72	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b99a',
    500: '#509b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b72;
$custom-light: #86b99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.2,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62951,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B72

secondary

#B88FA5

accent

#6099C8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B72

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

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