#505AAD#505AAD

#505AAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.131 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505AAD
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 173)
HSL	hsl(234, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(234, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 48%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 20.34, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 50.10, 293.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.0125 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.131 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5049, 12.0340, 41.0855)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505AAD #ADA350

analogous

#5089AD #505AAD #7450AD

triadic

#505AAD #AD505A #5AAD50

tetradic

#505AAD #AD5089 #ADA350 #50AD74

square

#505AAD #AD5089 #ADA350 #50AD74

split-complementary

#505AAD #AD7450 #89AD50

monochromatic

#292E59 #3D4483 #505AAD #7981C1 #A3A8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#505AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#505AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505AAD

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505AAD	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3465B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.131 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8888c6',
    500: '#505aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505aad;
$custom-light: #8888c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.548,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50148,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505AAD

secondary

#C2BD97

accent

#C15BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #505AAD

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

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