#505B60#505B60

#505B60 is a mid, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.016 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505B60
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 96)
HSL	hsl(199, 9%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.90, -3.09, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.90, 5.31, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(46.35% -0.0109 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(46.35% 0.016 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1601, 10.0320, 12.5178)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505B60 #605550

analogous

#50605D #505B60 #505360

triadic

#505B60 #60505B #5B6050

tetradic

#505B60 #5D5060 #605550 #536050

square

#505B60 #5D5060 #605550 #536050

split-complementary

#505B60 #605053 #605D50

monochromatic

#181C1D #343B3F #505B60 #6C7B81 #8C999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#505B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#505B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505B60

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505B60	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.016 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81898d',
    500: '#505b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505b60;
$custom-light: #81898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46345,
    "c": 0.01599,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505B60

secondary

#8E837E

accent

#8976B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #505B60

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

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