#509FAE#509FAE

#509FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.080 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509FAE
RGB	rgb(80, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -19.93, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 25.08, 217.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0685 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.08 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3434, 29.5556, 44.5108)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509FAE #AE5F50

analogous

#50AE8E #509FAE #5070AE

triadic

#509FAE #AE509F #9FAE50

tetradic

#509FAE #8E50AE #AE5F50 #70AE50

square

#509FAE #8E50AE #AE5F50 #70AE50

split-complementary

#509FAE #AE5070 #AE8E50

monochromatic

#29525A #3D7984 #509FAE #7AB6C2 #A3CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#509FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#509FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509FAE

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509FAE	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.080 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbc6',
    500: '#509fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509fae;
$custom-light: #89bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.574,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.0804,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509FAE

secondary

#C29E98

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #509FAE

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

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