#505A6E#505A6E

#505A6E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.035 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A6E
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 110)
HSL	hsl(220, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(220, 27%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 1.10, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 12.73, 274.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% -0.0036 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.035 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7781, 10.1433, 16.1915)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A6E #6E6450

analogous

#50696E #505A6E #55506E

triadic

#505A6E #6E505A #5A6E50

tetradic

#505A6E #6E5069 #6E6450 #506E55

square

#505A6E #6E5069 #6E6450 #506E55

split-complementary

#505A6E #6E5550 #696E50

monochromatic

#1C2027 #363D4B #505A6E #6A7791 #8D97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#505A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#505A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A6E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A6E	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51586E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#485E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.035 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818897',
    500: '#505a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a6e;
$custom-light: #818897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46668,
    "c": 0.03493,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A6E

secondary

#9A9180

accent

#A06FB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A6E

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

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