#505BD6#505BD6

#505BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.187 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505BD6
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 214)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(235, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 33.41, -64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 72.83, 297.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.014 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.187 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1829, 14.0411, 65.3046)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505BD6 #D6CB50

analogous

#509ED6 #505BD6 #8850D6

triadic

#505BD6 #D6505B #5BD650

tetradic

#505BD6 #D6509E #D6CB50 #50D688

square

#505BD6 #D6509E #D6CB50 #50D688

split-complementary

#505BD6 #D68850 #9ED650

monochromatic

#21298B #2C38BD #505BD6 #8289E2 #B3B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#505BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#505BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505BD6

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505BD6	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.187 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e89e3',
    500: '#505bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505bd6;
$custom-light: #8e89e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.075,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53296,
    "c": 0.18662,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505BD6

secondary

#DCD7A6

accent

#D843E5

background

#F9F8FE

surface

#F2F0FC

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0B16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #505BD6

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

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