#509B7A#509B7A

#509B7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.091 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B7A
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 122)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -31.39, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 33.01, 161.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0872 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.091 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5409, 26.5518, 22.5566)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B7A #9B5071

analogous

#509B54 #509B7A #50969B

triadic

#509B7A #7A509B #9B7A50

tetradic

#509B7A #54509B #9B5071 #969B50

square

#509B7A #54509B #9B5071 #969B50

split-complementary

#509B7A #9B5096 #9B5450

monochromatic

#264A3A #3B735A #509B7A #72B698 #9ACBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#509B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#509B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B7A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B7A	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)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.091 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9a0',
    500: '#509b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b7a;
$custom-light: #86b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.6,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B7A

secondary

#B88FA1

accent

#608EC8

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B7A

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

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