#50D8A9#50D8A9
#50D8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #50D8A9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(80, 216, 169) |
| HSL | hsl(159, 64%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(159, 63%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(63%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.27, -47.90, 12.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.27, 49.48, 165.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.58% -0.1329 0.0318) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.58% 0.137 166.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.0219, 53.6781, 46.0436) |
| Luminance | 0.5368 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 0.78
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 3.89
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.02
Aqua Marine
#2EE8BB
ΔE00 4.31
Seafoam
#7FE0B3
ΔE00 4.41
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 6.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#50D8A9 #D8507F
analogous
#50D865 #50D8A9 #50C3D8
triadic
#50D8A9 #A950D8 #D8A950
tetradic
#50D8A9 #6550D8 #D8507F #C3D850
square
#50D8A9 #6550D8 #D8507F #C3D850
split-complementary
#50D8A9 #D850C3 #D86550
monochromatic
#208E68 #2BC08C #50D8A9 #82E3C2 #B4EEDA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#50D8A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.74
#50D8A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #50D8A9
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##50D8A9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##50D8A9 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.74 | 11.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3CAA7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0BCAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #50d8a9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 216, 169); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 166.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8fe5c2',
500: '#50d8a9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #50d8a9; $custom-light: #8fe5c2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#50d8a9",
"rgb": {
"r": 80,
"g": 216,
"b": 169
},
"hsl": {
"h": 159.265,
"s": 63.551,
"l": 58.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79576,
"c": 0.13666,
"h": 166.5
},
"luminance": 0.53682
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#50D8A9
secondary
#943958
accent
#417AE7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F5FCF9
border
#CFD5D2
text
#0E1612
muted
#7F8482