#509B92#509B92

#509B92 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.076 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B92
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 146)
HSL	hsl(173, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -25.59, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 25.71, 185.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.076 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.076 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2158, 27.2218, 31.3776)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B92 #9B5059

analogous

#509B6C #509B92 #507E9B

triadic

#509B92 #92509B #9B9250

tetradic

#509B92 #6C509B #9B5059 #7E9B50

square

#509B92 #6C509B #9B5059 #7E9B50

split-complementary

#509B92 #9B507E #9B6C50

monochromatic

#264A46 #3B736C #509B92 #72B6AE #9ACBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#509B92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#509B92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B92

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B92	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.076 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9b1',
    500: '#509b92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b92;
$custom-light: #87b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63865,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B92

secondary

#B88F94

accent

#606CC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B92

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

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