#509D7B#509D7B

#509D7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.093 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D7B
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 123)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 21.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -32.11, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 33.80, 161.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0891 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.093 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9388, 27.2480, 22.9964)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D7B #9D5072

analogous

#509D55 #509D7B #50999D

triadic

#509D7B #7B509D #9D7B50

tetradic

#509D7B #55509D #9D5072 #999D50

square

#509D7B #55509D #9D5072 #999D50

split-complementary

#509D7B #9D5099 #9D5550

monochromatic

#274C3B #3B745B #509D7B #73B899 #9BCCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#509D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#509D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D7B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D7B	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.093 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa1',
    500: '#509d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d7b;
$custom-light: #86baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.506,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D7B

secondary

#B990A2

accent

#5F8EC9

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D7B

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

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