#509C8D#509C8D

#509C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509C8D
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -27.36, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 27.37, 178.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0795 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.079 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0024, 27.4038, 29.4295)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509C8D #9C505F

analogous

#509C67 #509C8D #50859C

triadic

#509C8D #8D509C #9C8D50

tetradic

#509C8D #67509C #9C505F #859C50

square

#509C8D #67509C #9C505F #859C50

split-complementary

#509C8D #9C5085 #9C6750

monochromatic

#274B44 #3B7468 #509C8D #72B7A9 #9BCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#509C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#509C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509C8D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509C8D	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ae',
    500: '#509c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509c8d;
$custom-light: #86b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.158,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63953,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509C8D

secondary

#B88F97

accent

#5F74C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509C8D

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

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