#509D99#509D99

#509D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.077 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509D99
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -24.75, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 25.30, 191.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0752 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.077 191)
XYZ	xyz(21.1127, 28.1175, 34.4454)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509D99 #9D5054

analogous

#509D73 #509D99 #507B9D

triadic

#509D99 #99509D #9D9950

tetradic

#509D99 #73509D #9D5054 #7B9D50

square

#509D99 #73509D #9D5054 #7B9D50

split-complementary

#509D99 #9D507B #9D7350

monochromatic

#274C4A #3B7471 #509D99 #73B8B4 #9BCCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#509D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#509D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509D99

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509D99	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.077 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bab7',
    500: '#509d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509d99;
$custom-light: #87bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.883,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509D99

secondary

#B99092

accent

#5F65C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #509D99

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

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