#509E8D#509E8D

#509E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.082 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509E8D
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -28.35, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 28.38, 176.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0819 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.082 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3408, 28.0806, 29.5423)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509E8D #9E5061

analogous

#509E66 #509E8D #50889E

triadic

#509E8D #8D509E #9E8D50

tetradic

#509E8D #66509E #9E5061 #889E50

square

#509E8D #66509E #9E5061 #889E50

split-complementary

#509E8D #9E5088 #9E6650

monochromatic

#274D44 #3B7569 #509E8D #73B8A9 #9CCDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#509E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#509E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E8D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509E8D	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)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.082 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbae',
    500: '#509e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509e8d;
$custom-light: #87bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.923,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64451,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509E8D

secondary

#BA9099

accent

#5F76C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #509E8D

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

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