#509EAA#509EAA

#509EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EAA
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -20.56, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 24.66, 213.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.069 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.079 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7879, 29.0594, 42.4306)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EAA #AA5C50

analogous

#50AA89 #509EAA #5071AA

triadic

#509EAA #AA509E #9EAA50

tetradic

#509EAA #8950AA #AA5C50 #71AA50

square

#509EAA #8950AA #AA5C50 #71AA50

split-complementary

#509EAA #AA5071 #AA8950

monochromatic

#295157 #3C7780 #509EAA #78B6BF #A1CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#509EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#509EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EAA

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EAA	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbc3',
    500: '#509eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509eaa;
$custom-light: #88bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65443,
    "c": 0.07861,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EAA

secondary

#C09B96

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EAA

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

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