#509D87#509D87

#509D87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.084 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D87
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -29.33, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 29.63, 171.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0834 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.084 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7365, 27.5671, 27.1979)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D87 #9D5066

analogous

#509D61 #509D87 #508D9D

triadic

#509D87 #87509D #9D8750

tetradic

#509D87 #61509D #9D5066 #8D9D50

square

#509D87 #61509D #9D5066 #8D9D50

split-complementary

#509D87 #9D508D #9D6150

monochromatic

#274C41 #3B7464 #509D87 #73B8A4 #9BCCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#509D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#509D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D87

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D87	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#999486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.084 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baa9',
    500: '#509d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d87;
$custom-light: #86baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64021,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D87

secondary

#B9909C

accent

#5F7DC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D87

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

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