#505AAE#505AAE

#505AAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.132 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505AAE
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(234, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 48.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 20.67, -46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 50.68, 294.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.0126 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.132 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6020, 12.0728, 41.5970)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505AAE #AEA450

analogous

#5089AE #505AAE #7550AE

triadic

#505AAE #AE505A #5AAE50

tetradic

#505AAE #AE5089 #AEA450 #50AE75

square

#505AAE #AE5089 #AEA450 #50AE75

split-complementary

#505AAE #AE7550 #89AE50

monochromatic

#292F5A #3D4484 #505AAE #7A81C2 #A3A9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#505AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#505AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505AAE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505AAE	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3366B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.132 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8888c7',
    500: '#505aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505aae;
$custom-light: #8888c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.617,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50214,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505AAE

secondary

#C2BE98

accent

#C15BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0EFF8

border

#CBCAD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #505AAE

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

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