#509EA7#509EA7

#509EA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.078 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EA7
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(186, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -21.42, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 24.58, 209.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0703 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.078 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5074, 28.9472, 40.9530)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EA7 #A75950

analogous

#50A784 #509EA7 #5072A7

triadic

#509EA7 #A7509E #9EA750

tetradic

#509EA7 #8450A7 #A75950 #72A750

square

#509EA7 #8450A7 #A75950 #72A750

split-complementary

#509EA7 #A75072 #A78450

monochromatic

#285054 #3C777E #509EA7 #77B6BE #A0CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#509EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#509EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EA7

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EA7	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.078 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbc1',
    500: '#509ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ea7;
$custom-light: #88bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 35.223,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EA7

secondary

#BF9994

accent

#685DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EA7

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

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