#509C8A#509C8A

#509C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.081 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -28.11, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 28.19, 175.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0808 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.081 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7822, 27.3157, 28.2698)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509C8A #9C5062

analogous

#509C64 #509C8A #50889C

triadic

#509C8A #8A509C #9C8A50

tetradic

#509C8A #64509C #9C5062 #889C50

square

#509C8A #64509C #9C5062 #889C50

split-complementary

#509C8A #9C5088 #9C6450

monochromatic

#274B42 #3B7466 #509C8A #72B7A7 #9BCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#509C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#509C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509C8A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509C8A	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.081 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ac',
    500: '#509c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509c8a;
$custom-light: #86b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.789,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.08102,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509C8A

secondary

#B88F99

accent

#5F78C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509C8A

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

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