#509D8A#509D8A

#509D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.082 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D8A
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -28.60, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 28.72, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.082 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.082 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9507, 27.6527, 28.3260)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D8A #9D5063

analogous

#509D64 #509D8A #508A9D

triadic

#509D8A #8A509D #9D8A50

tetradic

#509D8A #64509D #9D5063 #8A9D50

square

#509D8A #64509D #9D5063 #8A9D50

split-complementary

#509D8A #9D508A #9D6450

monochromatic

#274C43 #3B7466 #509D8A #73B8A7 #9BCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#509D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#509D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D8A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.082 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86baac',
    500: '#509d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d8a;
$custom-light: #86baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.195,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6411,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D8A

secondary

#B9909A

accent

#5F79C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D8A

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

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