#509B82#509B82

#509B82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.085 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B82
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 130)
HSL	hsl(160, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 16.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -29.55, 5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 30.15, 168.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0834 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.085 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0571, 26.7583, 25.2754)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B82 #9B5069

analogous

#509B5C #509B82 #508E9B

triadic

#509B82 #82509B #9B8250

tetradic

#509B82 #5C509B #9B5069 #8E9B50

square

#509B82 #5C509B #9B5069 #8E9B50

split-complementary

#509B82 #9B508E #9B5C50

monochromatic

#264A3E #3B7360 #509B82 #72B69F #9ACBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#509B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#509B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B82

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B82	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)

#979281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.085 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9a6',
    500: '#509b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b82;
$custom-light: #86b9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B82

secondary

#B88F9D

accent

#6083C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B82

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

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