#509D95#509D95

#509D95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.078 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D95
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 149)
HSL	hsl(174, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 5.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -25.81, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 26.00, 186.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.077 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.078 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7878, 27.9876, 32.7346)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D95 #9D5058

analogous

#509D6F #509D95 #507F9D

triadic

#509D95 #95509D #9D9550

tetradic

#509D95 #6F509D #9D5058 #7F9D50

square

#509D95 #6F509D #9D5058 #7F9D50

split-complementary

#509D95 #9D507F #9D6F50

monochromatic

#274C48 #3B746F #509D95 #73B8B0 #9BCCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#509D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#509D95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D95

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D95	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.078 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bab4',
    500: '#509d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d95;
$custom-light: #87bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.766,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64457,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D95

secondary

#B99094

accent

#5F6AC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D95

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

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