#509E9A#509E9A

#509E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.077 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#509E9A
RGBrgb(80, 158, 154)
HSLhsl(177, 33%, 47%)
HSVhsv(177, 49%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(49.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(60.33, -24.99, -5.32)
CIE-LCHlch(60.33, 25.55, 192.02°)
OKLaboklab(64.87% -0.0759 -0.0148)
OKLCHoklch(64.87% 0.077 191)
XYZxyz(21.3655, 28.4904, 34.9389)
Luminance0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#509E9A #9E5054
analogous
#509E73 #509E9A #507B9E
triadic
#509E9A #9A509E #9E9A50
tetradic
#509E9A #73509E #9E5054 #7B9E50
square
#509E9A #73509E #9E5054 #7B9E50
split-complementary
#509E9A #9E507B #9E7350
monochromatic
#274D4B #3B7572 #509E9A #73B8B5 #9CCDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14
#509E9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70
#509E9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E9A
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##509E9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##509E9A1.003.146.706.70
#FFFFFF3.141.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96979A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#898D9B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#23A29D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #509e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.077 191.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbb7',
    500: '#509e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #509e9a;
$custom-light: #87bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#509e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6487,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.28492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#509E9A
secondary
#BA9092
accent
#5F64C9
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#F0F6F6
border
#CBD0D0
text
#0C1211
muted
#7D8180

Preview Lab

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#509E9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva