#509B86#509B86

#509B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B86
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -28.60, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 28.85, 172.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0815 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.082 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3309, 26.8678, 26.7170)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B86 #9B5065

analogous

#509B60 #509B86 #508A9B

triadic

#509B86 #86509B #9B8650

tetradic

#509B86 #60509B #9B5065 #8A9B50

square

#509B86 #60509B #9B5065 #8A9B50

split-complementary

#509B86 #9B508A #9B6050

monochromatic

#264A40 #3B7363 #509B86 #72B6A3 #9ACBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#509B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#509B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B86

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B86	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9a9',
    500: '#509b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b86;
$custom-light: #86b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63492,
    "c": 0.08208,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B86

secondary

#B88F9A

accent

#607DC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B86

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

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