#509D79#509D79

#509D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.095 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D79
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -32.55, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 34.56, 160.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0901 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.095 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8149, 27.1984, 22.3438)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D79 #9D5074

analogous

#509D53 #509D79 #509B9D

triadic

#509D79 #79509D #9D7950

tetradic

#509D79 #53509D #9D5074 #9B9D50

square

#509D79 #53509D #9D5074 #9B9D50

split-complementary

#509D79 #9D509B #9D5350

monochromatic

#274C3B #3B745A #509D79 #73B897 #9BCCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#509D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#509D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D79

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D79	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.095 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ba9f',
    500: '#509d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d79;
$custom-light: #86ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.948,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D79

secondary

#B990A3

accent

#5F90C9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D79

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

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