#509CA4#509CA4

#509CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.076 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CA4
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -21.23, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 24.10, 208.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0692 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.076 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8949, 28.1608, 39.3965)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CA4 #A45850

analogous

#50A482 #509CA4 #5072A4

triadic

#509CA4 #A4509C #9CA450

tetradic

#509CA4 #8250A4 #A45850 #72A450

square

#509CA4 #8250A4 #A45850 #72A450

split-complementary

#509CA4 #A45072 #A48250

monochromatic

#284E52 #3C757B #509CA4 #75B5BC #9ECBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#509CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#509CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CA4

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CA4	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)

#9297A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.076 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9bf',
    500: '#509ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ca4;
$custom-light: #88b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64735,
    "c": 0.07607,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CA4

secondary

#BD9793

accent

#685DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CA4

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

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