#509D7D#509D7D

#509D7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D7D
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 125)
HSL	hsl(155, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 20.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -31.66, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 33.06, 163.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0882 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.091 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0653, 27.2985, 23.6625)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D7D #9D5070

analogous

#509D57 #509D7D #50979D

triadic

#509D7D #7D509D #9D7D50

tetradic

#509D7D #57509D #9D5070 #979D50

square

#509D7D #57509D #9D5070 #979D50

split-complementary

#509D7D #9D5097 #9D5750

monochromatic

#274C3C #3B745D #509D7D #73B89B #9BCCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#509D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#509D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D7D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D7D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A947B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa2',
    500: '#509d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d7d;
$custom-light: #86baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.065,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D7D

secondary

#B990A1

accent

#5F8BC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D7D

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

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