#509B83#509B83

#509B83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.084 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B83
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 131)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -29.32, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 29.81, 169.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0829 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.084 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1246, 26.7853, 25.6306)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B83 #9B5068

analogous

#509B5D #509B83 #508D9B

triadic

#509B83 #83509B #9B8350

tetradic

#509B83 #5D509B #9B5068 #8D9B50

square

#509B83 #5D509B #9B5068 #8D9B50

split-complementary

#509B83 #9B508D #9B5D50

monochromatic

#264A3F #3B7361 #509B83 #72B6A0 #9ACBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#509B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#509B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B83

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B83	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.084 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9a7',
    500: '#509b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b83;
$custom-light: #86b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63404,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B83

secondary

#B88F9C

accent

#6081C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B83

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

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