#509B95#509B95

#509B95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.075 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509B95
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 149)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -24.80, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 25.13, 189.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0746 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.075 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4522, 27.3164, 32.6227)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509B95 #9B5056

analogous

#509B6F #509B95 #507B9B

triadic

#509B95 #95509B #9B9550

tetradic

#509B95 #6F509B #9B5056 #7B9B50

square

#509B95 #6F509B #9B5056 #7B9B50

split-complementary

#509B95 #9B507B #9B6F50

monochromatic

#264A47 #3B736E #509B95 #72B6B1 #9ACBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#509B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#509B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509B95

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509B95	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.075 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8b4',
    500: '#509b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509b95;
$custom-light: #87b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63963,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509B95

secondary

#B88F92

accent

#6068C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509B95

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

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