#509D88#509D88

#509D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.084 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D88
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -29.09, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 29.32, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.083 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.084 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8073, 27.5953, 27.5704)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D88 #9D5065

analogous

#509D62 #509D88 #508C9D

triadic

#509D88 #88509D #9D8850

tetradic

#509D88 #62509D #9D5065 #8C9D50

square

#509D88 #62509D #9D5065 #8C9D50

split-complementary

#509D88 #9D508C #9D6250

monochromatic

#274C42 #3B7465 #509D88 #73B8A5 #9BCCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#509D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#509D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D88

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D88	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.084 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baaa',
    500: '#509d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d88;
$custom-light: #86baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64051,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D88

secondary

#B9909B

accent

#5F7CC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D88

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

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