#509BA2#509BA2

#509BA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.075 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BA2
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -21.27, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 23.87, 207.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0689 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.075 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5486, 27.7549, 38.3971)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BA2 #A25750

analogous

#50A280 #509BA2 #5072A2

triadic

#509BA2 #A2509B #9BA250

tetradic

#509BA2 #8050A2 #A25750 #72A250

square

#509BA2 #8050A2 #A25750 #72A250

split-complementary

#509BA2 #A25072 #A28050

monochromatic

#284D50 #3C7479 #509BA2 #75B5BB #9ECBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#509BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#509BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BA2

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BA2	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9195A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.075 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8bd',
    500: '#509ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ba2;
$custom-light: #88b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.122,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BA2

secondary

#BC9692

accent

#675ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BA2

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

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