#509D7E#509D7E

#509D7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.091 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D7E
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 126)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 19.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -31.44, 8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 32.69, 164.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0877 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.091 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1295, 27.3242, 24.0007)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D7E #9D506F

analogous

#509D58 #509D7E #50969D

triadic

#509D7E #7E509D #9D7E50

tetradic

#509D7E #58509D #9D506F #969D50

square

#509D7E #58509D #9D506F #969D50

split-complementary

#509D7E #9D5096 #9D5850

monochromatic

#274C3D #3B745D #509D7E #73B89C #9BCCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#509D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#509D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D7E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D7E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A947C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.091 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa3',
    500: '#509d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d7e;
$custom-light: #86baa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.844,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D7E

secondary

#B990A0

accent

#5F8AC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D7E

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

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