#505CA9#505CA9

#505CA9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.122 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505CA9
RGB	rgb(80, 92, 169)
HSL	hsl(232, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(232, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 45.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 17.76, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 46.47, 292.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.0096 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.122 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2946, 12.2234, 39.1345)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505CA9 #A99D50

analogous

#5089A9 #505CA9 #7150A9

triadic

#505CA9 #A9505C #5CA950

tetradic

#505CA9 #A95089 #A99D50 #50A971

square

#505CA9 #A95089 #A99D50 #50A971

split-complementary

#505CA9 #A97150 #89A950

monochromatic

#292F56 #3C457F #505CA9 #7781BF #A1A8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#505CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#505CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505CA9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505CA9	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B66AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#286D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 92, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.122 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8789c3',
    500: '#505ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505ca9;
$custom-light: #8789c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.91,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50297,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505CA9

secondary

#C0BA95

accent

#BD5CCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B12

muted

#7D7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #505CA9

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

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