#509EA2#509EA2

#509EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.077 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EA2
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -22.82, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 24.71, 202.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0724 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.077 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0541, 28.7659, 38.5656)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EA2 #A25450

analogous

#50A27D #509EA2 #5075A2

triadic

#509EA2 #A2509E #9EA250

tetradic

#509EA2 #7D50A2 #A25450 #75A250

square

#509EA2 #7D50A2 #A25450 #75A250

split-complementary

#509EA2 #A25075 #A27D50

monochromatic

#284E50 #3C7679 #509EA2 #75B7BB #9ECCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#509EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#509EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EA2

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EA2	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.077 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbbd',
    500: '#509ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ea2;
$custom-light: #88bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65148,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EA2

secondary

#BC9492

accent

#635ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EA2

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

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