#509EA3#509EA3

#509EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.077 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EA3
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(184, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -22.54, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 24.66, 203.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.072 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.077 201)
XYZ	xyz(22.1433, 28.8016, 39.0356)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EA3 #A35550

analogous

#50A37E #509EA3 #5075A3

triadic

#509EA3 #A3509E #9EA350

tetradic

#509EA3 #7E50A3 #A35550 #75A350

square

#509EA3 #7E50A3 #A35550 #75A350

split-complementary

#509EA3 #A35075 #A37E50

monochromatic

#284E51 #3C767A #509EA3 #75B7BB #9ECCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#509EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#509EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EA3

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EA3	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.077 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbbe',
    500: '#509ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ea3;
$custom-light: #88bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.614,
    "s": 34.156,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65184,
    "c": 0.07711,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.28804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EA3

secondary

#BC9592

accent

#645ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EA3

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

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