#509E8A#509E8A

#509E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509E8A
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -29.09, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 29.25, 173.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0832 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.084 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1206, 27.9925, 28.3826)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509E8A #9E5064

analogous

#509E63 #509E8A #508B9E

triadic

#509E8A #8A509E #9E8A50

tetradic

#509E8A #63509E #9E5064 #8B9E50

square

#509E8A #63509E #9E5064 #8B9E50

split-complementary

#509E8A #9E508B #9E6350

monochromatic

#274D43 #3B7567 #509E8A #73B8A6 #9CCDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#509E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#509E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E8A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509E8A	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)

#999689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbac',
    500: '#509e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509e8a;
$custom-light: #87bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509E8A

secondary

#BA909B

accent

#5F7AC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509E8A

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

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