#505C8A#505C8A

#505C8A is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.076 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 92, 138)
HSL	hsl(228, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 33.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 7.90, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 28.16, 286.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.0029 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.076 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7215, 11.1942, 25.5829)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505C8A #8A7E50

analogous

#50798A #505C8A #61508A

triadic

#505C8A #8A505C #5C8A50

tetradic

#505C8A #8A5079 #8A7E50 #508A61

square

#505C8A #8A5079 #8A7E50 #508A61

split-complementary

#505C8A #8A6150 #798A50

monochromatic

#23283D #3A4263 #505C8A #6D7AAA #949DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#505C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#505C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505C8A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505C8A	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C618C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 92, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.076 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848aac',
    500: '#505c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505c8a;
$custom-light: #848aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48477,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505C8A

secondary

#AEA688

accent

#AF65C3

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFF0F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0B10

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #505C8A

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

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