#509FA5#509FA5

#509FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.078 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509FA5
RGB	rgb(80, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -22.49, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 24.86, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0723 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.078 202)
XYZ	xyz(22.4952, 29.2163, 40.0439)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509FA5 #A55650

analogous

#50A580 #509FA5 #5074A5

triadic

#509FA5 #A5509F #9FA550

tetradic

#509FA5 #8050A5 #A55650 #74A550

square

#509FA5 #8050A5 #A55650 #74A550

split-complementary

#509FA5 #A55074 #A58050

monochromatic

#285053 #3C777C #509FA5 #76B7BC #9FCDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#509FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509FA5

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509FA5	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.078 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbbf',
    500: '#509fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509fa5;
$custom-light: #88bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.235,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.655,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.29218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509FA5

secondary

#BD9693

accent

#655DCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #509FA5

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

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