#50BCAE#50BCAE

#50BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50BCAE
RGB	rgb(80, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -34.29, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.36, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1009 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.101 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9281, 40.7250, 46.3724)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50BCAE #BC505E

analogous

#50BC78 #50BCAE #5094BC

triadic

#50BCAE #AE50BC #BCAE50

tetradic

#50BCAE #7850BC #BC505E #94BC50

square

#50BCAE #7850BC #BC505E #94BC50

split-complementary

#50BCAE #BC5094 #BC7850

monochromatic

#286961 #39968A #50BCAE #7CCDC2 #A9DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#50BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#50BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #50BCAE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##50BCAE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0c6',
    500: '#50bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50bcae;
$custom-light: #8bd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50BCAE

secondary

#CB9CA3

accent

#5364D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #50BCAE

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

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