#509C7D#509C7D

#509C7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.090 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509C7D
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 125)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -31.19, 9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 32.48, 163.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.087 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.09 165)
XYZ	xyz(18.8968, 26.9616, 23.6064)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509C7D #9C506F

analogous

#509C57 #509C7D #50959C

triadic

#509C7D #7D509C #9C7D50

tetradic

#509C7D #57509C #9C506F #959C50

square

#509C7D #57509C #9C506F #959C50

split-complementary

#509C7D #9C5095 #9C5750

monochromatic

#274B3C #3B745D #509C7D #72B79B #9BCCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#509C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#509C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509C7D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509C7D	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.090 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9a2',
    500: '#509c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509c7d;
$custom-light: #86b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.526,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63488,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.26963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509C7D

secondary

#B88FA0

accent

#5F8AC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509C7D

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

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