#509D8D#509D8D

#509D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.081 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D8D
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -27.85, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 27.87, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0806 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.081 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1709, 27.7408, 29.4857)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D8D #9D5060

analogous

#509D67 #509D8D #50879D

triadic

#509D8D #8D509D #9D8D50

tetradic

#509D8D #67509D #9D5060 #879D50

square

#509D8D #67509D #9D5060 #879D50

split-complementary

#509D8D #9D5087 #9D6750

monochromatic

#274C44 #3B7469 #509D8D #73B8A9 #9BCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#509D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#509D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D8D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D8D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.081 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baae',
    500: '#509d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d8d;
$custom-light: #87baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.532,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D8D

secondary

#B99098

accent

#5F75C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D8D

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

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