#509E97#509E97

#509E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.078 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509E97
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -25.79, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 26.06, 188.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0773 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.078 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1187, 28.3917, 33.6394)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509E97 #9E5057

analogous

#509E70 #509E97 #507E9E

triadic

#509E97 #97509E #9E9750

tetradic

#509E97 #70509E #9E5057 #7E9E50

square

#509E97 #70509E #9E5057 #7E9E50

split-complementary

#509E97 #9E507E #9E7050

monochromatic

#274D49 #3B7570 #509E97 #73B8B2 #9CCDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#509E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#509E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E97

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509E97	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.078 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbb5',
    500: '#509e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509e97;
$custom-light: #87bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.615,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64769,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509E97

secondary

#BA9094

accent

#5F68C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #509E97

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

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