#509CA3#509CA3

#509CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.076 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CA3
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -21.51, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 24.11, 206.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0697 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.076 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8050, 28.1248, 38.9228)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CA3 #A35750

analogous

#50A380 #509CA3 #5073A3

triadic

#509CA3 #A3509C #9CA350

tetradic

#509CA3 #8050A3 #A35750 #73A350

square

#509CA3 #8050A3 #A35750 #73A350

split-complementary

#509CA3 #A35073 #A38050

monochromatic

#284D51 #3C757A #509CA3 #75B5BB #9ECBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#509CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#509CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CA3

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CA3	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.076 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9be',
    500: '#509ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ca3;
$custom-light: #88b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 34.156,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.07588,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CA3

secondary

#BC9692

accent

#675ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CA3

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

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