#505A72#505A72

#505A72 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.041 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A72
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(222, 18%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 2.19, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 15.07, 278.34°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% -0.002 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.041 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0008, 10.2324, 17.3644)
Luminance	0.1023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A72 #726850

analogous

#506B72 #505A72 #575072

triadic

#505A72 #72505A #5A7250

tetradic

#505A72 #72506B #726850 #507257

square

#505A72 #72506B #726850 #507257

split-complementary

#505A72 #725750 #6B7250

monochromatic

#1E212A #373E4E #505A72 #697696 #8D97AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#505A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#505A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A72

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A72	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525C73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.041 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82889a',
    500: '#505a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a72;
$custom-light: #82889a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 17.526,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46843,
    "c": 0.04106,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A72

secondary

#9D9581

accent

#A46EBA

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A72

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

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