#509EA5#509EA5

#509EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.077 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EA5
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -21.98, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 24.59, 206.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0711 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.077 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3239, 28.8738, 39.9868)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EA5 #A55750

analogous

#50A581 #509EA5 #5073A5

triadic

#509EA5 #A5509E #9EA550

tetradic

#509EA5 #8150A5 #A55750 #73A550

square

#509EA5 #8150A5 #A55750 #73A550

split-complementary

#509EA5 #A55073 #A58150

monochromatic

#284F53 #3C777C #509EA5 #76B7BC #9FCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#509EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EA5

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EA5	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.077 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbbf',
    500: '#509ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ea5;
$custom-light: #88bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.941,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65257,
    "c": 0.07738,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EA5

secondary

#BD9793

accent

#665DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EA5

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

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