#509CA5#509CA5

#509CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.076 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CA5
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -20.94, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 24.11, 209.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0688 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.076 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9856, 28.1971, 39.8740)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CA5 #A55950

analogous

#50A583 #509CA5 #5071A5

triadic

#509CA5 #A5509C #9CA550

tetradic

#509CA5 #8350A5 #A55950 #71A550

square

#509CA5 #8350A5 #A55950 #71A550

split-complementary

#509CA5 #A55071 #A58350

monochromatic

#284E53 #3C757C #509CA5 #76B5BC #9FCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#509CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#509CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CA5

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CA5	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.076 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9bf',
    500: '#509ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ca5;
$custom-light: #88b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.353,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64772,
    "c": 0.07629,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CA5

secondary

#BD9893

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CA5

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

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