#509D85#509D85

#509D85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.085 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D85
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(161, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(161, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 15.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -29.81, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 30.27, 169.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0844 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.085 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5971, 27.5113, 26.4633)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D85 #9D5068

analogous

#509D5F #509D85 #508F9D

triadic

#509D85 #85509D #9D8550

tetradic

#509D85 #5F509D #9D5068 #8F9D50

square

#509D85 #5F509D #9D5068 #8F9D50

split-complementary

#509D85 #9D508F #9D5F50

monochromatic

#274C40 #3B7463 #509D85 #73B8A2 #9BCCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#509D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#509D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D85

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D85	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.085 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa8',
    500: '#509d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d85;
$custom-light: #86baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.299,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63963,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D85

secondary

#B9909D

accent

#5F80C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D85

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

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