#505DAD#505DAD

#505DAD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.127 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505DAD
RGB	rgb(80, 93, 173)
HSL	hsl(232, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(232, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 46.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 18.44, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 48.16, 292.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.009 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.127 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7630, 12.5503, 41.1716)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505DAD #ADA050

analogous

#508CAD #505DAD #7250AD

triadic

#505DAD #AD505D #5DAD50

tetradic

#505DAD #AD508C #ADA050 #50AD72

square

#505DAD #AD508C #ADA050 #50AD72

split-complementary

#505DAD #AD7250 #8CAD50

monochromatic

#293059 #3D4783 #505DAD #7983C1 #A3AAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#505DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#505DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505DAD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505DAD	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A67B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F60AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#246E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 93, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.127 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888ac6',
    500: '#505dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505dad;
$custom-light: #888ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.613,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50761,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505DAD

secondary

#C2BC97

accent

#BD5BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0B13

muted

#7D7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #505DAD

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

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