#509CA8#509CA8

#509CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.077 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CA8
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -20.09, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 24.20, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0675 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.077 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2618, 28.3076, 41.3289)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CA8 #A85C50

analogous

#50A888 #509CA8 #5070A8

triadic

#509CA8 #A8509C #9CA850

tetradic

#509CA8 #8850A8 #A85C50 #70A850

square

#509CA8 #8850A8 #A85C50 #70A850

split-complementary

#509CA8 #A85070 #A88850

monochromatic

#294F55 #3C767F #509CA8 #77B5BE #A0CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#509CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#509CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CA8

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CA8	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.077 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9c1',
    500: '#509ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ca8;
$custom-light: #88b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64885,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CA8

secondary

#BF9B95

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CA8

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

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