#509D86#509D86

#509D86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.085 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D86
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 134)
HSL	hsl(162, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 14.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -29.57, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 29.95, 170.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0839 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.085 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6665, 27.5390, 26.8288)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D86 #9D5067

analogous

#509D60 #509D86 #508E9D

triadic

#509D86 #86509D #9D8650

tetradic

#509D86 #60509D #9D5067 #8E9D50

square

#509D86 #60509D #9D5067 #8E9D50

split-complementary

#509D86 #9D508E #9D6050

monochromatic

#274C41 #3B7463 #509D86 #73B8A3 #9BCCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#509D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#509D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D86

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D86	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.085 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa9',
    500: '#509d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d86;
$custom-light: #86baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.078,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63992,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D86

secondary

#B9909C

accent

#5F7FC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D86

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

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