#509B8A#509B8A

#509B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.080 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B8A
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -27.62, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 27.67, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0796 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.08 177)
XYZ	xyz(19.6151, 26.9815, 28.2141)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B8A #9B5061

analogous

#509B64 #509B8A #50869B

triadic

#509B8A #8A509B #9B8A50

tetradic

#509B8A #64509B #9B5061 #869B50

square

#509B8A #64509B #9B5061 #869B50

split-complementary

#509B8A #9B5086 #9B6450

monochromatic

#264A42 #3B7366 #509B8A #72B6A7 #9ACBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#509B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#509B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B8A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B8A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.080 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ac',
    500: '#509b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b8a;
$custom-light: #86b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.4,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.26983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B8A

secondary

#B88F98

accent

#6077C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B8A

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

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