#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
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(177, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -24.99, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 25.55, 192.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0759 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.077 191)
XYZ	xyz(21.3655, 28.4904, 34.9389)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##509E9A	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #509E9A

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

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