#509D97#509D97

#509D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.077 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D97
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -25.28, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 25.63, 189.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0761 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.077 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9489, 28.0520, 33.5828)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D97 #9D5056

analogous

#509D71 #509D97 #507D9D

triadic

#509D97 #97509D #9D9750

tetradic

#509D97 #71509D #9D5056 #7D9D50

square

#509D97 #71509D #9D5056 #7D9D50

split-complementary

#509D97 #9D507D #9D7150

monochromatic

#274C49 #3B7470 #509D97 #73B8B2 #9BCCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#509D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#509D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D97

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D97	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.077 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bab5',
    500: '#509d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d97;
$custom-light: #87bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.325,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64523,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D97

secondary

#B99093

accent

#5F67C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D97

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

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