#505A5E#505A5E

#505A5E is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.014 H 223.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A5E
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(197, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(197, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, -2.96, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 4.68, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.03% -0.0102 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(46.03% 0.014 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9843, 9.8258, 12.0107)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A5E #5E5450

analogous

#505E5B #505A5E #50535E

triadic

#505A5E #5E505A #5A5E50

tetradic

#505A5E #5B505E #5E5450 #535E50

square

#505A5E #5B505E #5E5450 #535E50

split-complementary

#505A5E #5E5053 #5E5B50

monochromatic

#181B1C #343A3D #505A5E #6C7A7F #8C989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#505A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#505A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A5E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A5E	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55585E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.014 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81888b',
    500: '#505a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a5e;
$custom-light: #81888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4603,
    "c": 0.01415,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A5E

secondary

#8C827E

accent

#8777B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A5E

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

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